Bill Text: TX HB2335 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the disaster supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-11)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2335 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2335-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the disaster supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-11)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2335 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2335-Comm_Sub.html
86R13400 MM-D | ||
By: Walle, et al. | H.B. No. 2335 |
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relating to the disaster 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 33.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.0025. DISASTER SNAP. (a) In this section, | ||
"program" means the program to provide supplemental nutrition | ||
assistance benefits to victims of a disaster as authorized by 7 | ||
U.S.C. Section 2014. | ||
(b) The commission shall: | ||
(1) collaborate with county judges to: | ||
(A) evaluate, develop, and maintain a list of | ||
potential sites that meet federal requirements for in-person | ||
application for program benefits; and | ||
(B) annually update the list developed under | ||
Paragraph (A); and | ||
(2) assess the feasibility of, subject to being | ||
granted any necessary federal waiver: | ||
(A) accepting program benefits applications | ||
online and by telephone; and | ||
(B) staffing a high-volume call center to process | ||
those applications. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act: | ||
(1) the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
consult with federal officials, including the members of the Texas | ||
delegation to the United States Senate and House of Representatives | ||
and the United States Department of Agriculture regarding repealing | ||
the in-person application requirement for supplemental nutrition | ||
assistance benefits for victims of a disaster; and | ||
(2) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall, if necessary, develop and seek a waiver | ||
or other appropriate authorization from the United States secretary | ||
of agriculture to allow submission of applications online and by | ||
telephone for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for | ||
victims of a disaster. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |