Texas Human Resources Code Title 2, Chapter 31 - Financial Assistance And Service Programs
SUBCHAPTER A ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES
- Texas Section 31.001 - Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
The commission shall provide financial assistance and services to families with dependent children in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall give...
- Texas Section 31.002 - Definition Of Dependent Child
(a) In this chapter, the term "dependent child" applies to a child: (1) who is a resident of this state; (2) who is under 18...
- Texas Section 31.0021 - Definition Of Nonrecipient Parent
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), in this chapter, "nonrecipient parent" means an adult or minor parent who is not a recipient of financial...
- Texas Section 31.003 - Amount Of Financial Assistance
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the determination of the amount of financial assistance to be granted for the support of a dependent...
- Texas Section 31.0031 - Responsibility Agreement
(a) The commission shall require each adult recipient to sign a bill of responsibilities that defines the responsibilities of the state and of the recipient...
- Texas Section 31.0032 - Payment Of Assistance For Performance
(a) Except as provided by Section 231.115, Family Code, if after an investigation the commission or the Title IV-D agency determines that a person is...
- Texas Section 31.0033 - Good Cause Hearing For Failure To Cooperate
(a) If the commission or Title IV-D agency determines that a person has failed to cooperate with the requirements of the responsibility agreement under Section...
- Texas Section 31.00331 - Additional Penalty For Continuous Failure To Cooperate
A person who fails to cooperate with the responsibility agreement for two consecutive months becomes ineligible for financial assistance for the person or the person's...
- Texas Section 31.0035 - Transitional Child-care Services
(a) The Texas Workforce Commission shall provide necessary transitional child-care services, in accordance with Texas Workforce Commission rules and federal law, to a person who...
- Texas Section 31.0036 - Dependent Child's Income
The commission may not consider any income earned by a dependent child who is attending school and whose income is derived from the child's part-time...
- Texas Section 31.0038 - Temporary Exclusion Of New Spouse's Income
(a) Subject to the limitations prescribed by Subsection (b), income earned by an individual who marries an individual receiving financial assistance at the time of...
- Texas Section 31.0039 - Exclusion Of Assets In Prepaid Tuition Programs And Higher Education Savings Plans
(a) For purposes of determining the amount of financial assistance granted to an individual under this chapter for the support of dependent children or determining...
- Texas Section 31.004 - Foster Care
The Department of Family and Protective Services may accept and spend funds available from any source to provide foster care in facilities approved by the...
- Texas Section 31.0041 - Supplemental Financial Assistance For Certain Persons
(a) To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the commission may provide supplemental financial assistance in addition to the amount of financial assistance...
- Texas Section 31.005 - Dependent Child Residing With Relatives
(a) If after an investigation the commission determines that a family with a dependent child is needy and that the child resides with the family,...
- Texas Section 31.0051 - Minor Parent Residing With Relatives
If the commission determines based on documentation provided that a minor caretaker who is receiving financial assistance and services under this chapter on behalf of...
- Texas Section 31.006 - Welfare And Related Services
(a) The commission shall develop and implement a program of welfare and related services for each dependent child which, in light of the particular home...
- Texas Section 31.0065 - Time-limited Benefits
(a) The commission may provide financial assistance under this chapter only in accordance with the time limits specified by this section. The executive commissioner by...
- Texas Section 31.0066 - Hardship Exemptions From Federal Time Limits
(a) The executive commissioner and the Texas Workforce Commission shall jointly adopt rules prescribing circumstances that constitute a hardship for purposes of exempting a recipient...
- Texas Section 31.007 - Financial Assistance To Individuals In Institutions
A person who is in an institution is eligible to receive financial assistance under this chapter if the person would be eligible to receive the...
- Texas Section 31.008 - Counseling And Guidance Services
(a) If the commission believes that financial assistance to a family with a dependent child is not being, or may not be, used in the...
- Texas Section 31.0095 - Needs Assessment
The commission shall assist a recipient or a nonrecipient parent in assessing the particular needs of that person and the person's family upon notification of...
- Texas Section 31.010 - Support Services
(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the Texas Workforce Commission shall provide a recipient or a nonrecipient parent with support services designed to assist...
- Texas Section 31.012 - Mandatory Work Or Participation In Employment Activities Through Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Employment Program
(a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall require that, during any one-month period in which an adult is receiving financial assistance under this chapter,...
- Texas Section 31.0121 - Skills Assessment And Development For Certain Recipients And Certain Nonrecipient Parents
(a) The Texas Workforce Commission shall ensure that each local workforce development board assesses the skills development needs of recipients and of nonrecipient parents referred...
- Texas Section 31.0124 - Referral To Educational Programs
The Texas Workforce Commission shall determine whether a person who registers to participate in a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families employment program established under Part...
- Texas Section 31.0126 - Employment Programs
(a) The Texas Workforce Commission by rule shall develop the following programs to assist recipients of financial assistance and services under this chapter and nonrecipient...
- Texas Section 31.01261 - Provision Of Employment Services To Certain Nonrecipient Parents
The Texas Workforce Commission shall provide employment services, including needs assessment, job training, postemployment, and related support services, to nonrecipient parents to the same extent...
- Texas Section 31.0127 - Coordination Of Services To Certain Clients
(a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall coordinate with the Texas Workforce Commission for the provision of child care services, Temporary Assistance for Needy...
- Texas Section 31.0128 - Coordinated Interagency Plan
(a) The commission and the Texas Workforce Commission shall jointly develop a memorandum of understanding establishing guidelines for a coordinated interagency case management plan to:...
- Texas Section 31.0129 - Coordinated Plan To Improve Interagency Transitions
(a) The Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Workforce Commission, and representatives of local workforce development boards shall conduct a survey of best practices...
- Texas Section 31.0135 - Parenting Skills Training
(a) The commission, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, the Department of Family and Protective Services, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, or any...
- Texas Section 31.015 - Healthy Marriage Development Program
(a) Subject to available federal funding, the commission shall develop and implement a healthy marriage development program for recipients of financial assistance under this chapter....
- Texas Section 31.016 - Service Referrals For Certain Recipients
To the extent practicable using existing revenue, the executive commissioner, by rule, shall develop and the commission shall implement a plan to: (1) identify recipients...
- Texas Section 31.017 - Healthy Marriages And Strong Families Grant Program
(a) The commission may administer a grant program to provide grants in amounts not to exceed $50,000 to programs that provide marriage education services and...
SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES
- Texas Section 31.018 - Marriage And Family Program Funding
(a) To the extent authorized by federal law, the commission shall spend a minimum of one percent of money received under the federal Temporary Assistance...
- Texas Section 31.031 - Application For Assistance
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the form for applications for assistance authorized by this chapter and the manner of their submission. (b)...
- Texas Section 31.0315 - Determination Of Parentage
(a) A parent applying for assistance on behalf of a child shall identify the parent's spouse or, if unmarried, shall provide the name and last...
- Texas Section 31.032 - Investigation And Determination Of Eligibility
(a) On receipt of an application for assistance authorized by this chapter, the commission shall investigate and record the applicant's circumstances in order to ascertain...
- Texas Section 31.0322 - Victims Of Family Violence
(a) The executive commissioner, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Title IV-D agency by rule shall adopt procedures under which requirements relating to financial assistance...
- Texas Section 31.0324 - Assignment Of Protective Payee
(a) In this section, "protective payee" means a person who: (1) is interested in or concerned with the welfare of a child or relative of...
- Texas Section 31.0326 - Verification Of Identity And Prevention Of Duplicate Participation
The commission shall use appropriate technology to: (1) confirm the identity of applicants for benefits under the financial assistance program; and (2) prevent duplicate participation...
- Texas Section 31.033 - Reinvestigation And Redetermination Of Eligibility
(a) The commission may require periodic reconsideration of continued eligibility for assistance. (b) After reconsideration of continuing eligibility, the commission may change the amount of...
- Texas Section 31.034 - Appeal From Local Eligibility Offices
(a) An applicant for or recipient of financial assistance authorized by this chapter may appeal to the commission an action or failure to act by...
- Texas Section 31.035 - Method Of Payment
(a) The commission shall periodically furnish the comptroller with a list of persons eligible for financial assistance under this chapter and the amount to which...
- Texas Section 31.0355 - Use Of Financial Assistance
(a) Financial assistance granted to a person under this chapter may be used only to purchase goods and services that are considered essential and necessary...
- Texas Section 31.036 - Eligibility Of Person Leaving The State
A recipient of assistance who moves out of the state is no longer eligible for the assistance. However, a recipient's temporary absence from the state...
- Texas Section 31.037 - Payment Of Financial Assistance Funds On Death Of Recipient
(a) If a person dies during a month for which the person is eligible for financial assistance and has not spent all of that month's...
- Texas Section 31.038 - Cancellation Of Unused Benefits
The commission may cancel financial assistance benefits that have not been spent within a reasonable period of time after issuance. The cancellation must be performed...
- Texas Section 31.039 - Issuance Of Replacement Financial Assistance Warrants And Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards
(a) The comptroller may issue a replacement financial assistance warrant to a recipient who has failed to receive or has lost the original warrant in...
- Texas Section 31.040 - Nontransferability Of Assistance Funds
The right to financial assistance granted to recipients under this chapter may not be transferred or assigned at law or in equity, and the funds...
- Texas Section 31.041 - Right To Assistance Not Vested
(a) The provisions of this chapter providing assistance shall not be construed as vesting a right in the recipient to the assistance. (b) Assistance granted...
- Texas Section 31.042 - Proration Of Financial Assistance
If at any time state funds are not available to pay in full all financial assistance authorized in this chapter, the executive commissioner may direct...
- Texas Section 31.043 - Fill-the-gap Budgeting
(a) To extend the period of supported employment for families who receive financial assistance under this chapter, the commission may use a form of fill-the-gap...
SUBCHAPTER C LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- Texas Section 31.044 - Inactive Electronic Benefits Transfer Account
(a) This section applies only to an account to which financial assistance provided under this chapter has been transferred under the electronic benefits transfer system...
- Texas Section 31.051 - Definition
In this subchapter, "state budget" shall equal the amount appropriated by the legislature for the biennium from funds subject to the limitations set forth in...
- Texas Section 31.052 - Limitation On Amount Of Financial Assistance
For each fiscal biennium, the maximum amount that may be paid out of state funds for assistance grants to or on behalf of needy dependent...
- Texas Section 31.053 - Determination By Legislative Budget Board
(a) With regard to the general appropriations bill introduced in each house in each regular session, it shall be the duty of the legislative budget...
Last modified: September 28, 2016