SECTION 372.904. Application Processing Time Frame

(a) For a TANF application, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) certifies or denies the application by the 45th day after the application file date explained in §372.903 of this division (relating to Application File Date), unless the household is subject to a one-month period of demonstrating cooperation as explained in §372.1155(e) of this chapter (relating to Consequence for Noncooperation with Personal Responsibility Agreement Requirements), in which case the application processing period is extended by the time period for demonstrating cooperation.

(b) For a SNAP application, except in the case of an expedited application as described in §372.956 of this subchapter (relating to Expedited SNAP Application Process), HHSC certifies or denies the application as soon as possible but not later than 30 days after the application file date explained in §372.903 of this division. If the 30th day is not a workday, then the processing period ends on the last previous workday.

(c) The first day of the application processing period is the day after the application file date, except as described in subsection (d) of this section.

(d) In SNAP, if an applicant resides in an institution and is also applying for Supplemental Security Income, the first day of the application processing period is the day the applicant is released from the institution, if the day is after the application file date.

Source Note: The provisions of this §372.904 adopted to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5361; amended to be effective February 3, 2013, 38 TexReg 368