(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 if 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 after August 22, 1996.

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