Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3101 MM-D
2	2	By: Blanco S.B. No. 1031
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to eligibility for and benefits under the supplemental
10	10	nutrition assistance program.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
13	13	is amended by adding Sections 33.0025 and 33.020 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 33.0025. SNAP QUALITY CONTROL REVIEW PROCESS. (a) In
15	15	accordance with federal law, including 7 U.S.C. Section 2025(c),
16	16	the commission shall implement a quality control review process
17	17	under which the commission on a monthly basis conducts a review of a
18	18	random sample of households which are participating in the
19	19	supplemental nutrition assistance program and households for which
20	20	participation in the program was denied, suspended, or terminated
21	21	to determine whether the selected households are eligible and
22	22	receiving the correct allotment of benefits under the program.
23	23	(b) For purposes of conducting the quality control review
24	24	process, the commission may access or use appropriate electronic
25	25	data sources to verify a household's eligibility for and correct
26	26	allotment of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance
27	27	program.
28	28	Sec. 33.020. PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR
29	29	SNAP BENEFITS. (a) Except as provided by Section 33.019(b)(3), the
30	30	commission by rule shall ensure that an individual whose
31	31	eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits
32	32	has been initially established or recertified remains eligible to
33	33	receive those benefits for a period of 12 months.
34	34	(b) The commission may adjust the eligibility period
35	35	described by Subsection (a) as necessary to align an individual's
36	36	recertification of eligibility for supplemental nutrition
37	37	assistance program benefits with the redetermination of
38	38	eligibility of a child residing in the same household for medical
39	39	assistance benefits under Chapter 32.
40	40	(c) This section does not apply to an individual receiving
41	41	supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits who:
42	42	(1) at the time the individual's eligibility for
43	43	benefits is initially established or recertified, expects a change
44	44	in circumstances within six months following the establishment or
45	45	recertification of eligibility that will make the individual
46	46	ineligible to receive the benefits;
47	47	(2) is 60 years of age or older or has a disability,
48	48	has no earned income, and resides in a household in which every
49	49	other individual residing in the household:
50	50	(A) is 60 years of age or older or has a
51	51	disability; and
52	52	(B) has no earned income; or
53	53	(3) resides in a household in which at least one
54	54	individual:
55	55	(A) is at least 18 years of age but younger than
56	56	54 years of age;
57	57	(B) has no dependents; and
58	58	(C) does not have a disability.
59	59	(d) During the 12-month eligibility period prescribed by
60	60	this section, the commission shall require that the individual
61	61	submit to the commission a periodic report indicating whether the
62	62	individual has experienced a change in income, household
63	63	composition, or residence. The commission shall require that the
64	64	individual submit the report not earlier than the fourth month and
65	65	not later than the sixth month after the date the individual's
66	66	eligibility was initially established or recertified.
67	67	(e) The commission may automate the processing of periodic
68	68	reports required under this section in which no change in
69	69	circumstances is reported.
70	70	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
71	71	initial determination or recertification of eligibility of an
72	72	individual for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under
73	73	Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the
74	74	effective date of this Act.
75	75	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
76	76	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
77	77	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
78	78	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
79	79	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
80	80	waiver or authorization is granted.
81	81	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.