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Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB2673 Detail]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
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 2673 | |
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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 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. | ||
