87R2787 JG-D     By: Springer H.B. No. 319       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to work requirements and employment and training services   for certain persons receiving 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 33.016 and 33.017 to read as follows:          Sec. 33.016.  CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS   PROHIBITED.  The commission may not:                (1)  request a waiver of the applicability of work   requirements as authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(o)(4); or                (2)  provide an exemption from work requirements as   authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(o)(6).          Sec. 33.017.  EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR CERTAIN   SNAP RECIPIENTS. The commission, in conjunction with the Texas   Workforce Commission, shall ensure that a person who is at least 18   years of age but younger than 50 years of age, who has no   dependents, and who does not have a disability receives   supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training   services unless the person is eligible for an individual waiver   under the program.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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   Act. A determination or recertification made before the effective   date of this Act 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.          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, 2021.