| (a) In TANF, a person is disqualified from receiving
benefits if the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)
determines the person:
(1) is a fugitive (a person fleeing to avoid prosecution
or confinement for a felony criminal conviction, or found by a court
to be violating federal or state probation or parole); or
(2) is convicted of a felony drug offense (not deferred
adjudication) in Texas or another state committed on or after April
1, 2002.
(b) In SNAP, a person is disqualified from receiving
benefits as follows:
(1) the person is disqualified from receiving SNAP
benefits if HHSC determines the person is a fugitive (a person fleeing
to avoid prosecution or confinement for a felony criminal conviction,
or found by a court to be violating federal or state probation or
parole); or
(2) the person is disqualified from receiving SNAP
benefits for two years if HHSC determines the person is convicted
of a felony drug offense (not deferred adjudication) in Texas or another
state on or after September 1, 2015, and has violated his or her parole
or community supervision; or
(3) the person is disqualified from receiving SNAP
benefits permanently if HHSC determines the person is convicted of
a felony drug offense (not deferred adjudication) in Texas or another
state on or after September 1, 2015, and, while receiving SNAP benefits,
the person is convicted of a subsequent felony drug offense (not deferred
adjudication) in Texas or another state.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §372.501 adopted to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5361; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2382; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5505 |
