In accordance with section 106.03 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC), each state agency is required to review each of its rules in the Ohio Administrative Code a minimum of once every five years. The intent of the review is to ensure that Administrative Code rules are clearly written and that program requirements are accurate, up-to-date based on regulations from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Federal and Nutrition Services (FNS) and clearly expressed. To the extent possible, unnecessary paperwork will be eliminated, local agencies will be given increased flexibility, and any adverse impact on businesses will be eliminated or reduced. As a result of the review, the agency may amend the rule; rescind the rule; or continue the rule without amendment.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has completed a review of the following rule and the rule has been subject to a review by the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR). The changes will become effective on 2/01/2021.

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5101:4-7-01.1 "Food assistance: inter-county transfer."

The rule describes the procedures that a county agency must follow when it discovers that the county of residence for a food assistance group has changed during the certification period. OFA amended this rule. Changes to the rule include: 

• Paragraph (A) was updated to reference the assistance group instead of the recipient and that county agencies are to follow the procedures in paragraph (C)(2);
• Paragraph (C)(2) was updated to address the actions the participating county agency should take when the assistance group has moved; and
• All reference to food assistance has been changed to supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP).