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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

TITLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF

PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES

SUBTITLE C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 34. STATE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

PROGRAM

Sec. 34.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Related support services" means services considered under

federal law to be a component of money payments for purposes of

the financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(2) "Temporary assistance" means money payments for needy

persons authorized by this chapter.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.002. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE PROGRAM;

FUNDING. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission, the

department, and the Texas Workforce Commission, with the

participation of local workforce development boards, shall

jointly develop and implement a state program of temporary

assistance and related support services that is distinct from the

financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(b) Temporary assistance and related support services may be

provided under the state program only to:

(1) two-parent families; or

(2) persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by

the Texas Workforce Commission.

(c) Temporary assistance and related support services provided

under the state program may not be funded with federal money

provided to the state for the financial assistance program

authorized by Chapter 31.

(d) If federal law is enacted that imposes work participation

rate requirements on two-parent families for purposes of the

financial assistance program under Chapter 31 that are

substantively identical to those that federal law imposes on

one-parent families for purposes of that program, the department

may, on the effective date of the federal law relating to the

work participation rate requirements for two-parent families,

provide for establishment of that recipient's eligibility for

financial assistance under Chapter 31 instead of under this

chapter in a manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which

the recipient is eligible.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 1, eff.

June 20, 2003.

Sec. 34.003. RULES. (a) The Health and Human Services

Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission

shall adopt all rules necessary for implementation of the state

program, including rules regarding eligibility, work

requirements, work exemptions, time limits, and related support

services.

(b) The rules must be designed to result in a state program that

is substantively identical to the financial assistance program

authorized by Chapter 31, except to the extent that programmatic

differences are appropriate because of the populations served by

those programs and the sources of funding for those programs.

(c) The Health and Human Services Commission, the department,

and the Texas Workforce Commission shall form an interagency work

group to develop the rules required under this section. The

interagency work group shall provide for participation in

development of the rules by representatives of local workforce

development boards.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.004. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PERSONS RESIDING IN

MINIMUM SERVICE COUNTIES. The Health and Human Services

Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission

shall develop and implement procedures to:

(1) determine the date on which a person's eligibility for

temporary assistance and related support services based on

residency in a minimum service county, as defined by the Texas

Workforce Commission, will cease as a result of the county's

reclassification; and

(2) provide for establishment of that person's eligibility for

financial assistance and related support services under Chapter

31 in a manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which the

person is eligible.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.005. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. A recipient of

temporary assistance and related support services under the state

program is eligible for medical assistance under Chapter 32 in

the same manner as a person receiving financial assistance under

Chapter 31.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.006. STUDY. The Texas Workforce Commission, in

collaboration with local workforce development boards and the

appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of

representatives, shall:

(1) study methods to improve the delivery of workforce services

to persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by

the commission; and

(2) develop recommendations to improve the delivery of services

described by Subdivision (1) for inclusion in the report required

by Section 34.007.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.007. REPORT. The Health and Human Services Commission,

the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission shall monitor

implementation and operation of the state program and, not later

than September 1 of each year, jointly report to the governor,

the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board on the status

and use of the state program.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 2, eff.

June 20, 2003.

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Statutes > Texas > Human-resources-code > Title-2-department-of-human-services-and-department-of-protective-and-regulatory-services > Chapter-34-state-temporary-assistance-and-support-services-program

HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

TITLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF

PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES

SUBTITLE C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 34. STATE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

PROGRAM

Sec. 34.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Related support services" means services considered under

federal law to be a component of money payments for purposes of

the financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(2) "Temporary assistance" means money payments for needy

persons authorized by this chapter.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.002. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE PROGRAM;

FUNDING. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission, the

department, and the Texas Workforce Commission, with the

participation of local workforce development boards, shall

jointly develop and implement a state program of temporary

assistance and related support services that is distinct from the

financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(b) Temporary assistance and related support services may be

provided under the state program only to:

(1) two-parent families; or

(2) persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by

the Texas Workforce Commission.

(c) Temporary assistance and related support services provided

under the state program may not be funded with federal money

provided to the state for the financial assistance program

authorized by Chapter 31.

(d) If federal law is enacted that imposes work participation

rate requirements on two-parent families for purposes of the

financial assistance program under Chapter 31 that are

substantively identical to those that federal law imposes on

one-parent families for purposes of that program, the department

may, on the effective date of the federal law relating to the

work participation rate requirements for two-parent families,

provide for establishment of that recipient's eligibility for

financial assistance under Chapter 31 instead of under this

chapter in a manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which

the recipient is eligible.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 1, eff.

June 20, 2003.

Sec. 34.003. RULES. (a) The Health and Human Services

Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission

shall adopt all rules necessary for implementation of the state

program, including rules regarding eligibility, work

requirements, work exemptions, time limits, and related support

services.

(b) The rules must be designed to result in a state program that

is substantively identical to the financial assistance program

authorized by Chapter 31, except to the extent that programmatic

differences are appropriate because of the populations served by

those programs and the sources of funding for those programs.

(c) The Health and Human Services Commission, the department,

and the Texas Workforce Commission shall form an interagency work

group to develop the rules required under this section. The

interagency work group shall provide for participation in

development of the rules by representatives of local workforce

development boards.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.004. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PERSONS RESIDING IN

MINIMUM SERVICE COUNTIES. The Health and Human Services

Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission

shall develop and implement procedures to:

(1) determine the date on which a person's eligibility for

temporary assistance and related support services based on

residency in a minimum service county, as defined by the Texas

Workforce Commission, will cease as a result of the county's

reclassification; and

(2) provide for establishment of that person's eligibility for

financial assistance and related support services under Chapter

31 in a manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which the

person is eligible.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.005. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. A recipient of

temporary assistance and related support services under the state

program is eligible for medical assistance under Chapter 32 in

the same manner as a person receiving financial assistance under

Chapter 31.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.006. STUDY. The Texas Workforce Commission, in

collaboration with local workforce development boards and the

appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of

representatives, shall:

(1) study methods to improve the delivery of workforce services

to persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by

the commission; and

(2) develop recommendations to improve the delivery of services

described by Subdivision (1) for inclusion in the report required

by Section 34.007.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.007. REPORT. The Health and Human Services Commission,

the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission shall monitor

implementation and operation of the state program and, not later

than September 1 of each year, jointly report to the governor,

the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board on the status

and use of the state program.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 2, eff.

June 20, 2003.


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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

TITLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF

PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES

SUBTITLE C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 34. STATE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

PROGRAM

Sec. 34.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Related support services" means services considered under

federal law to be a component of money payments for purposes of

the financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(2) "Temporary assistance" means money payments for needy

persons authorized by this chapter.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.002. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE PROGRAM;

FUNDING. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission, the

department, and the Texas Workforce Commission, with the

participation of local workforce development boards, shall

jointly develop and implement a state program of temporary

assistance and related support services that is distinct from the

financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(b) Temporary assistance and related support services may be

provided under the state program only to:

(1) two-parent families; or

(2) persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by

the Texas Workforce Commission.

(c) Temporary assistance and related support services provided

under the state program may not be funded with federal money

provided to the state for the financial assistance program

authorized by Chapter 31.

(d) If federal law is enacted that imposes work participation

rate requirements on two-parent families for purposes of the

financial assistance program under Chapter 31 that are

substantively identical to those that federal law imposes on

one-parent families for purposes of that program, the department

may, on the effective date of the federal law relating to the

work participation rate requirements for two-parent families,

provide for establishment of that recipient's eligibility for

financial assistance under Chapter 31 instead of under this

chapter in a manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which

the recipient is eligible.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 1, eff.

June 20, 2003.

Sec. 34.003. RULES. (a) The Health and Human Services

Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission

shall adopt all rules necessary for implementation of the state

program, including rules regarding eligibility, work

requirements, work exemptions, time limits, and related support

services.

(b) The rules must be designed to result in a state program that

is substantively identical to the financial assistance program

authorized by Chapter 31, except to the extent that programmatic

differences are appropriate because of the populations served by

those programs and the sources of funding for those programs.

(c) The Health and Human Services Commission, the department,

and the Texas Workforce Commission shall form an interagency work

group to develop the rules required under this section. The

interagency work group shall provide for participation in

development of the rules by representatives of local workforce

development boards.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.004. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PERSONS RESIDING IN

MINIMUM SERVICE COUNTIES. The Health and Human Services

Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission

shall develop and implement procedures to:

(1) determine the date on which a person's eligibility for

temporary assistance and related support services based on

residency in a minimum service county, as defined by the Texas

Workforce Commission, will cease as a result of the county's

reclassification; and

(2) provide for establishment of that person's eligibility for

financial assistance and related support services under Chapter

31 in a manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which the

person is eligible.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.005. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. A recipient of

temporary assistance and related support services under the state

program is eligible for medical assistance under Chapter 32 in

the same manner as a person receiving financial assistance under

Chapter 31.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.006. STUDY. The Texas Workforce Commission, in

collaboration with local workforce development boards and the

appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of

representatives, shall:

(1) study methods to improve the delivery of workforce services

to persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by

the commission; and

(2) develop recommendations to improve the delivery of services

described by Subdivision (1) for inclusion in the report required

by Section 34.007.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 34.007. REPORT. The Health and Human Services Commission,

the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission shall monitor

implementation and operation of the state program and, not later

than September 1 of each year, jointly report to the governor,

the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board on the status

and use of the state program.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1440, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 2, eff.

June 20, 2003.


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