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Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.0066: HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HUMAN RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL
- SUBTITLE C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
- CHAPTER 31. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE PROGRAMS
- SUBCHAPTER A. ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES
(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 of financial assistance from the application of time limits imposed by federal law on the receipt of benefits.
(b) The rules must include a broad range of circumstances that reasonably prevent recipients of financial assistance from becoming self-supporting before expiration of the period specified by federal law.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1217, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.052, eff. April 2, 2015.
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