This rule is being amended to incorporate the changes that were approved by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to the Food Assistance Claims Referral Plan.

Implementation

This rule is proposed to be effective 01/01/2011. If no revisions are made to this rule prior to finalization by the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, they will become effective on a permanent basis on 01/01/2011. If changes are necessary, a copy of the revised rule will be forwarded to you at that time. Specific changes to the rule include:

5101:4-8-15 Food assistance: claims against assistance groups.

The reference to "referrals" was changed to "potential claim" and the reference to "stamps" was changed to "assistance." This rule has also been put into plain language, question and answer format and all charts were removed for clarity.

Instructions: The following chart identifies the material that should be removed from the Food Assistance Certification Handbook and the material that should be added.