This letter transmits revisions to rules and the creation of new rules with the proposed effective date of July 1, 2006. If there are any changes made to any of the rules during the JCARR review period, corrected rules will be sent out in the next CAMTL. This cover letter includes a summary statement of policy changes. Each statement references the clearance control number (CCN) assigned when the policy change was placed into the clearance process.

Section 119.032 of the Ohio Revised Code requires a review of all state agency rules within a five-year period. The purpose of this review is to determine whether a rule should be continued without amendment, be amended or be rescinded, taking into consideration the rule's purpose and scope. In addition, the intent of the review is to ensure that rules are clear and concise as written, program requirements are accurate and up-to-date, unnecessary paperwork is eliminated, and, when possible, local agencies are given more flexibility.

CHAPTER 2000

Rule 5101:1-23-20 OWF: income and eligibility (CCN 5687)

This rule is being amended to add to the list of income which is not countable within the Ohio Works First (OWF) program.

Throughout this rule grammatical errors have been corrected. Minor language changes were also made in paragraphs (A), (D), and (I) which resulted in no substantive changes made to policy.

In paragraph (D) of this rule, reference to (D)(2)(b)(xxiv) has been replaced by reference (D)(2)(b)(xxvi).

Paragraphs (D)(2)(xxv) and (D)(2)(xxvi) has been added to this rule to exclude as countable income from the Ohio Works First program any Kinship Permanency Incentive payments or any Employment Retention Incentive payments that may be received.

CHAPTER 3000

Rule 5101:1-5-40 DFA: income (CCN 5687)

This rule is being amended to align the excluded income rules of Disability Financial Assistance (DFA) with Ohio Works First. This rule has also been reviewed in accordance with the five-year rule review provisions set forth in Section 119.032 of the Revised Code.

Grammatical corrections were made throughout the rule and minor language changes were made to paragraph (A) which resulted in no substantive changes to policy.

Reference to (B)(21) has been replaced with reference (B)(6) as (B)(4) through (B)(18), (B)(20), and (B)(22) has been removed and encompassed within (B)(6); which excludes for DFA any income that is excluded for OWF under 5101:1-23-20 of the Administrative Code.

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