Bill Text: TX HB1267 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-20 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB1267 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1267-Engrossed.html
| By: Thompson of Harris, Naishtat, et al. | H.B. No. 1267 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of certain persons for 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 Section 33.018 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.018. SNAP ELIGIBILITY FOLLOWING CERTAIN CRIMINAL | ||
| CONVICTIONS. (a) As authorized by 21 U.S.C. Section 862a(d)(1) and | ||
| except as provided by this section, 21 U.S.C. Section 862a(a)(2) | ||
| does not apply in determining the eligibility of any person for the | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program. | ||
| (b) 21 U.S.C. Section 862a(a)(2) applies in determining the | ||
| eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program of a | ||
| person who has been convicted of, and released on parole or placed | ||
| on community supervision for, any felony offense that has as an | ||
| element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled | ||
| substance, as defined in 21 U.S.C. Section 802, if the person | ||
| violates any condition of that parole or community supervision. A | ||
| person described by this subsection is ineligible for the | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program only for a two-year | ||
| period beginning on the date the person is found to have violated | ||
| the condition of parole or community supervision, as authorized by | ||
| 21 U.S.C. Section 862a(d)(1)(B). | ||
| (c) A person convicted of an offense described by Subsection | ||
| (b) who is receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program | ||
| benefits and who is convicted of a subsequent felony offense, | ||
| regardless of the elements of the offense, is ineligible for the | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a determination of eligibility of a person for supplemental | ||
| nutrition assistance benefits made on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. A determination of eligibility made before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the determination 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, 2015. | ||
