Tex. Human Resources Code § 34.002
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 34.002, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 34.002. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE PROGRAM; FUNDING.
Official statutory text
(a) The Health and Human Services Commission 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 Health and Human Services Commission 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.
(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 Health and Human Services Commission 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.
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