Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R2981 SCF-D
2	2	By: Howard H.B. No. 820
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a
10	10	postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental
11	11	nutrition assistance program.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
14	14	is amended by adding Section 33.020 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 33.020. SNAP ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN STUDENTS ENROLLED
16	16	IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) In this section,
17	17	"postsecondary educational institution" includes:
18	18	(1) an institution of higher education or a private or
19	19	independent institution of higher education as defined by Section
20	20	61.003, Education Code; and
21	21	(2) a career school or college as defined by Section
22	22	132.001, Education Code.
23	23	(b) The commission shall, as authorized under 7 U.S.C.
24	24	Section 2015(o)(6), provide an exemption from work requirements to
25	25	provide supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to an
26	26	individual who is enrolled at least half-time as a student in a
27	27	postsecondary educational institution and:
28	28	(1) is eligible to participate in a state or federally
29	29	funded work study program during the regular academic year, as
30	30	determined by the postsecondary educational institution; or
31	31	(2) in the current academic year, has an expected
32	32	family contribution of $0, as determined in accordance with Part F,
33	33	Title IV, of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section
34	34	1087kk et seq.).
35	35	(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to
36	36	implement this section, including rules that ensure a student
37	37	remains eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits
38	38	during a break in the semester or academic term of the postsecondary
39	39	educational institution in which the student is enrolled.
40	40	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
41	41	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
42	42	Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
43	43	Section 33.020, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 33.020, Human Resources Code, as added
45	45	by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or
46	46	recertification of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition
47	47	assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is
48	48	made on or after the effective date of this Act. A determination or
49	49	recertification made before the effective date of this Act is
50	50	governed by the law in effect on the date the determination or
51	51	recertification was made, and the former law is continued in effect
52	52	for that purpose.
53	53	SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
54	54	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
55	55	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
56	56	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
57	57	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
58	58	waiver or authorization is granted.
59	59	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.