85R7384 MM-D
By: Klick H.B. No. 3565
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the distribution of benefits under the supplemental
nutrition assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.002, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a
schedule for the distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits that ensures the even distribution of the benefits
each month over a 28-day period.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt, modify, or repeal rules as necessary to implement Section
33.002(c-1), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. A distribution schedule adopted as required by
Section 33.002(c-1), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act,
applies only to the distribution of supplemental nutrition
assistance program benefits to a recipient whose initial
determination of eligibility under Chapter 33, Human Resources
Code, for those benefits is made on or after September 1, 2018. The
distribution of benefits to a recipient whose initial determination
of eligibility under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is made
before September 1, 2018, is governed by the distribution schedule
in effect immediately preceding that date, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.