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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.____. (a) Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 33.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.016. EFFECT OF CERTAIN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH WORK REQUIREMENTS ON SNAP ELIGIBILITY. As authorized by 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d)(1)(C)(iii)(III), a person who becomes ineligible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for the third or subsequent time for refusing or failing without good cause to comply with the employment or employment and training program requirements of 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d)(1)(A) is ineligible to receive those benefits for a period of 36 months beginning on the first day of the month after the month in which the person becomes ineligible for those benefits.
(b) Section 33.016, Human Resources Code, as added by this section, applies only to an initial determination or recertification of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of this section. A determination or recertification made before the effective date of this section is governed by the law in effect on the date the determination or recertification was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.