SECTION 372.501. Disqualifications Due to Criminal Activity

(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.

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