86R16644 JG-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 285
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 285:
By: Miller C.S.H.B. No. 285
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to work requirements and employment and training services
for certain persons receiving benefits under the supplemental
nutrition assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Sections 33.016 and 33.017 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.016. CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS
PROHIBITED. The commission may not:
(1) request a waiver of the applicability of work
requirements as authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(o)(4); or
(2) provide an exemption from work requirements as
authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(o)(6).
Sec. 33.017. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR CERTAIN
SNAP RECIPIENTS. The commission, in conjunction with the Texas
Workforce Commission, shall ensure that a person who is at least 18
years of age but younger than 50 years of age, who has no
dependents, and who does not have a disability receives
supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training
services unless the person is eligible for an individual waiver
under the program.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an initial determination or recertification of eligibility for the
supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human
Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of this
Act. A determination or recertification made before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
determination or recertification was made, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.