Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R2181 MM-D
2	2	By: Johnson S.B. No. 639
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance
10	10	program benefits.
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 33.016 and 33.0215 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 33.016. PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR
15	15	SNAP BENEFITS. (a) The commission by rule shall ensure that an
16	16	individual whose eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance
17	17	program benefits has been initially established or recertified
18	18	remains eligible to receive those benefits for a period of 12
19	19	months.
20	20	(b) The commission may adjust the eligibility period
21	21	described by Subsection (a) as necessary to align an individual's
22	22	recertification of eligibility for supplemental nutrition
23	23	assistance program benefits with the redetermination of
24	24	eligibility of a child residing in the same household for medical
25	25	assistance program benefits under Chapter 32.
26	26	(c) This section does not apply to an individual receiving
27	27	supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits who:
28	28	(1) at the time the individual's eligibility for
29	29	benefits is initially established or recertified, expects a change
30	30	in circumstances within six months following the establishment or
31	31	recertification of eligibility that will make the individual
32	32	ineligible to receive the benefits;
33	33	(2) is 60 years of age or older or has a disability,
34	34	has no earned income, and resides in a household in which every
35	35	other individual residing in the household:
36	36	(A) is 60 years of age or older or has a
37	37	disability; and
38	38	(B) has no earned income; or
39	39	(3) resides in a household in which at least one
40	40	individual:
41	41	(A) is at least 18 years of age but younger than
42	42	50 years of age;
43	43	(B) has no dependents; and
44	44	(C) does not have a disability.
45	45	Sec. 33.0215. ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OF RESOURCES
46	46	EXCLUDED IN DETERMINING SNAP ELIGIBILITY. (a) Subject to
47	47	Subsection (b), the executive commissioner by rule shall adjust for
48	48	inflation the maximum amount the commission prescribes, if any, for
49	49	a resource excluded from the resources of an applicant's household
50	50	for purposes of determining the applicant's eligibility for
51	51	supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
52	52	(b) Not later than October 1 of each year, the maximum
53	53	amount of a resource described by Subsection (a) must be adjusted to
54	54	reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
55	55	Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics or its
56	56	successor index during the preceding 12-month period ending in
57	57	June.
58	58	(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), for the initial
59	59	adjustment under Subsection (a), the executive commissioner shall
60	60	adjust the maximum amount the commission prescribes for an excluded
61	61	resource to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All
62	62	Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics during
63	63	each 12-month period since July 1, 2001. This subsection expires
64	64	October 1, 2026.
65	65	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
66	66	initial determination or recertification of eligibility of an
67	67	individual for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under
68	68	Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the
69	69	effective date of this Act.
70	70	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
71	71	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
72	72	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
73	73	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
74	74	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
75	75	waiver or authorization is granted.
76	76	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.