Bill Text: TX SB770 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating a reimbursement program to reimburse certain supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients for the cost of certain food delivery service fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-13 - Filed [SB770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB770-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 770 | |
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| relating to creating a reimbursement program to reimburse certain | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients for the cost | ||
| of certain food delivery service fees. | ||
| 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 33.033 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.033. FOOD DELIVERY FEE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR | ||
| CERTAIN ELIGIBLE SNAP RECIPIENTS. (a) In this section, "eligible | ||
| recipient" means a recipient of supplemental nutrition assistance | ||
| program benefits who: | ||
| (1) is 65 years of age or older; or | ||
| (2) has a disability, as defined by the Americans with | ||
| Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.). | ||
| (b) From appropriated money available for that purpose, the | ||
| commission shall develop and implement a reimbursement program | ||
| under which an eligible recipient may obtain financial assistance | ||
| in the form of reimbursement to cover the cost of delivery service | ||
| fees incurred by the recipient in connection with the purchase of | ||
| eligible food items under the supplemental nutrition assistance | ||
| program. In implementing the reimbursement program, the commission | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) prescribe the form and manner for an eligible | ||
| recipient to request reimbursement, which may require the recipient | ||
| to submit an application online, by mail, or in person; and | ||
| (2) ensure that supplemental nutrition assistance | ||
| program benefits are not used to reimburse the cost of delivery | ||
| service fees under this section. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section, including rules that: | ||
| (1) establish a reimbursement methodology for | ||
| determining the reimbursement amount that an eligible recipient may | ||
| receive to cover the cost of a delivery service fee assessed in | ||
| connection with the purchase of eligible food items, which may | ||
| include limits on: | ||
| (A) the total reimbursement amount that an | ||
| eligible recipient may receive to cover the cost of the delivery | ||
| service fee; and | ||
| (B) the total number of purchases for which an | ||
| eligible recipient may receive reimbursement over a period of time | ||
| the commission specifies; and | ||
| (2) restrict an eligible recipient from obtaining | ||
| reimbursement to cover the cost of delivery of a purchase that | ||
| includes items that are not eligible for purchase using | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
