Bill Text: TX HB1218 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the distribution of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB1218 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1218-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1218 | ||
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| relating to the distribution of benefits under the supplemental | ||
| nutrition assistance program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.002, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a | ||
| schedule for the distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance | ||
| program benefits that ensures the even distribution of the benefits | ||
| each month over a 28-day period. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt, modify, or repeal rules as necessary to implement Section | ||
| 33.002(c-1), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. A distribution schedule adopted as required by | ||
| Section 33.002(c-1), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to the distribution of supplemental nutrition | ||
| assistance program benefits to a recipient whose initial | ||
| determination of eligibility under Chapter 33, Human Resources | ||
| Code, for those benefits is made on or after September 1, 2020. The | ||
| distribution of benefits to a recipient whose initial determination | ||
| of eligibility under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is made | ||
| before September 1, 2020, is governed by the distribution schedule | ||
| in effect immediately preceding that date, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 5. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1218 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1218 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
