{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-31.0066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.0066","heading":"HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1217, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.052, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.31.htm#31.0066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"887adb993624e62796238d922179e7df80afbae15deb3c6f393e8489bb4fd390","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-31.0065","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-31.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}