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House Bill 710 |
House Author: Walle et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Deuell |
House Bill 710 amends the Human Resources Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to use appropriate technology to confirm the identity of applicants for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and to prevent duplicate participation in those programs by a person. The bill repeals a requirement that HHSC develop a program to prevent welfare fraud by using a type of electronic fingerprint-imaging or photo-imaging of adult and teen parent applicants for and adult and teen parent recipients of TANF or food stamp benefits.