Texas Human Resources Code

§ 33.015 — INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT AND RECERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS

HR § 33.015Title 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · Part C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS · Ch. 33. NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS · Art. A. NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN GENERAL

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(a)In administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the commission shall, except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 33.019, allow a person to comply with initial eligibility requirements, including any initial interview, and with subsequent periodic eligibility recertification requirements by telephone instead of through a personal appearance at commission offices if:

(1)the person and each member of the person's household:

(A)have no earned income; and

(B)are elderly or persons with disabilities; or

(2)the person is subject to a hardship, as determined by commission rule.

(b)For purposes of rules under Subsection (a)(2), a hardship includes a situation in which a person is prevented from personally appearing at commission offices because the person is:

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.163, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 839 (S.B. 224), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.