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Amend SB 200 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 2 of the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 2 appropriately:
SECTION 2.____. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 33.030 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.030. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTION FOR DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. (a) In this section, "Title IV-D agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.033, Family Code.
(b) As authorized by 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(n), a person may not receive supplemental nutrition assistance benefits as a member of any household during any month in which the person is delinquent in making a court-ordered child support payment. For purposes of this subsection, a person is not considered delinquent if the person pays any portion of a court-ordered child support payment.
(c) The restriction in Subsection (b) does not apply if a court has allowed the person to delay payment or if the person is complying with a payment plan approved by a court or the Title IV-D agency.
(d) The commission and the Title IV-D agency shall jointly enforce this section.