89R3101 MM-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 1031
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility for and benefits under the supplemental
  nutrition assistance program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Sections 33.0025 and 33.020 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.0025.  SNAP QUALITY CONTROL REVIEW PROCESS. (a) In
  accordance with federal law, including 7 U.S.C. Section 2025(c),
  the commission shall implement a quality control review process
  under which the commission on a monthly basis conducts a review of a
  random sample of households which are participating in the
  supplemental nutrition assistance program and households for which
  participation in the program was denied, suspended, or terminated
  to determine whether the selected households are eligible and
  receiving the correct allotment of benefits under the program.
         (b)  For purposes of conducting the quality control review
  process, the commission may access or use appropriate electronic
  data sources to verify a household's eligibility for and correct
  allotment of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance
  program.
         Sec. 33.020.  PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR
  SNAP BENEFITS. (a) Except as provided by Section 33.019(b)(3), the
  commission by rule shall ensure that an individual whose
  eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits
  has been initially established or recertified remains eligible to
  receive those benefits for a period of 12 months.
         (b)  The commission may adjust the eligibility period
  described by Subsection (a) as necessary to align an individual's
  recertification of eligibility for supplemental nutrition
  assistance program benefits with the redetermination of
  eligibility of a child residing in the same household for medical
  assistance benefits under Chapter 32.
         (c)  This section does not apply to an individual receiving
  supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits who:
               (1)  at the time the individual's eligibility for
  benefits is initially established or recertified, expects a change
  in circumstances within six months following the establishment or
  recertification of eligibility that will make the individual
  ineligible to receive the benefits;
               (2)  is 60 years of age or older or has a disability,
  has no earned income, and resides in a household in which every
  other individual residing in the household:
                     (A)  is 60 years of age or older or has a
  disability; and
                     (B)  has no earned income; or
               (3)  resides in a household in which at least one
  individual:
                     (A)  is at least 18 years of age but younger than
  54 years of age;
                     (B)  has no dependents; and
                     (C)  does not have a disability.
         (d)  During the 12-month eligibility period prescribed by
  this section, the commission shall require that the individual
  submit to the commission a periodic report indicating whether the
  individual has experienced a change in income, household
  composition, or residence. The commission shall require that the
  individual submit the report not earlier than the fourth month and
  not later than the sixth month after the date the individual's
  eligibility was initially established or recertified.
         (e)  The commission may automate the processing of periodic
  reports required under this section in which no change in
  circumstances is reported.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
  initial determination or recertification of eligibility of an
  individual for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under
  Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.