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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to rules concerning unused supplemental nutrition |
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assistance program benefits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 33.038 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.038. RULES CONCERNING UNUSED SUPPLEMENTAL |
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NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS. The executive commissioner |
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shall adopt rules to prevent the excessive accumulation by |
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recipients of unused benefits under the supplemental nutrition |
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assistance program. The commission shall consider adopting rules |
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under this section that: |
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(1) limit the amount of money that may accumulate in an |
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electronic benefits transfer account at any one time; and |
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(2) require the investigation of any recipient who |
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maintains an excessively high balance of benefits in the |
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recipient's electronic benefits transfer account. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |