INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT AND RECERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS
(a)In administering the supplemental nutrition assistance…#
(a) In administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the commission shall, except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 33.019 , allow a person to comply with initial eligibility requirements, including any initial interview, and with subsequent periodic eligibility recertification requirements by telephone instead of through a personal appearance at commission offices if:
(1) the person and each member of the person's household:
(A) have no earned income; and
(B) are elderly or persons with disabilities; or
(2) the person is subject to a hardship, as determined by commission rule.