Ohio Administrative Code rule 5101:4-7-01 has been amended to implement final regulations issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).

This rule has been subject to a review by the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR). The changes will become effective on 9/1/2018.

Chapter 7000

5101:4-7-01 "Food assistance: reporting requirements during the certification period."

This rule describes the reporting requirements of assistance groups during the certification period. OFA amended this rule. Changes to the rule include:

• Based on a change in federal law, language has been added to paragraph (H) to add new interim reporting requirements to send a reminder notice if the interim report is not received by the 15th of the month. The rule cites new form, JFS 07223 "Cash and Food Assistance Interim Report Reminder Notice."
• Paragraph (H)(5) was changed to explain that if verification of deductible expenses are not verified, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are reduced, not terminated. New paragraph (H)(6) contains language on reinstatement of benefits that was previously contained in (H)(5).
• Language was clarified in paragraph (J) regarding requirements for the county agency to act on unclear information.
• Based on a change in federal law, new paragraph (J)(6) was added to describe the county agency requirements when a match is received from the prisoner verification system or deceased matching system.
• Language was added in paragraph (L) clarifying that benefits cannot be reinstated when acting outside of a certification period.
• The term "food assistance” was replaced with "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)."