Background:

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services requires all Internal Management rules to be reviewed every five years. The intent of the policy is to ensure that rules are clearly written and that program requirements are accurate, up-to-date and clearly expressed. To the extent possible, unnecessary paperwork will be eliminated and local agencies will be given increased flexibility. The purpose of a rule review is to determine whether a rule should be continued without amendment, be amended or be rescinded, taking into consideration each rule's scope and purpose.

Implementation:

The following is a brief description of the changes to the rules:

5101:9-32-01- Food Assistance: quality assessment review process. This rule sets forth the quality assessment process. This rule is being amended with minor grammatical edits.

5101:9-32-03- Food Assistance: quality assessment findings. This rule sets forth the quality assessment review process along with the county agency disagreement process. This rule is being rescinded and replaced with a new rule of the same name and content. No changes were made to the wording of the rule, however, the previous paragraph (A) was changed to an unlettered paragraph and the previous paragraphs (A)(1) and (A)(2) were changed to paragraphs (A) and (B).

5101:9-32-10- Food assistance: federal incentive or sanctions as a result of the quality assessment review. This rule sets forth the federal incentive or sanctions as a result of the quality assessment review. This rule is being amended with minor, grammatical edits.