| 1 | 1 | | 87R2787 JG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer H.B. No. 319 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to work requirements and employment and training services |
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| 8 | 8 | | for certain persons receiving benefits under the supplemental |
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| 9 | 9 | | nutrition assistance program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | is amended by adding Sections 33.016 and 33.017 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 33.016. CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS |
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| 14 | 14 | | PROHIBITED. The commission may not: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) request a waiver of the applicability of work |
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| 16 | 16 | | requirements as authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(o)(4); or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) provide an exemption from work requirements as |
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| 18 | 18 | | authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(o)(6). |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 33.017. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR CERTAIN |
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| 20 | 20 | | SNAP RECIPIENTS. The commission, in conjunction with the Texas |
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| 21 | 21 | | Workforce Commission, shall ensure that a person who is at least 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | years of age but younger than 50 years of age, who has no |
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| 23 | 23 | | dependents, and who does not have a disability receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training |
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| 25 | 25 | | services unless the person is eligible for an individual waiver |
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| 26 | 26 | | under the program. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 28 | 28 | | an initial determination or recertification of eligibility for the |
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| 29 | 29 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human |
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| 30 | 30 | | Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act. A determination or recertification made before the effective |
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| 32 | 32 | | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 33 | 33 | | determination or recertification was made, and the former law is |
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| 34 | 34 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 36 | 36 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 37 | 37 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 38 | 38 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 39 | 39 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 40 | 40 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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