Bill Text: TX HB2673 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB2673 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2673-Introduced.html
  84R12014 LED-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 2673
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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 Sections 33.018 and 33.0181 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.018.  INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAW IN
  DETERMINING SNAP ELIGIBILITY. (a) As authorized by 21 U.S.C.
  Section 862a(d)(1)(B) and subject to Subsection (b), 21 U.S.C.
  Section 862a(a)(2) applies in determining the eligibility of a
  person for the supplemental nutrition assistance program only for a
  five-year period beginning on the date the person is convicted of a
  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.
         (b)  A person who has been convicted of a felony described by
  Subsection (a) is eligible for the supplemental nutrition
  assistance program only if, after the five-year period described by
  Subsection (a), the person submits to a drug test and the test does
  not indicate the presence in the person's body of a controlled
  substance not prescribed for the person by a health care
  practitioner or marihuana.
         Sec. 33.0181.  INELIGIBILITY DUE TO CERTAIN CRIMINAL
  CONVICTIONS. A person is permanently ineligible for the
  supplemental nutrition assistance program if the person is
  convicted of:
               (1)  murder under Section 19.02, Penal Code;
               (2)  capital murder under Section 19.03, Penal Code;
               (3)  continuous sexual abuse of a young child or
  children under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
               (4)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11, Penal
  Code;
               (5)  sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code;
  or
               (6)  aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021,
  Penal Code.
         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.
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