La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § III-1978

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-1978 - Income Decreased for Failure to Comply with Another Program

A. Effective November 27, 1996, an increase in SNAP benefits is prohibited when a household's benefit from another federal, state or local means-tested assistance program is decreased (reduced, suspended or terminated) due to failure to comply with a requirement of the program that imposed the benefit decrease.

B. The procedures for determining SNAP benefits when there is such a decrease in income are as follows.

1. When a recipient's benefits under a federal, state, or local means-tested program (such as but not limited to SSI or FITAP) is decreased due to noncompliance, SNAP identifies that portion of the decrease which is a penalty.

2. The department calculates the SNAP benefits using the benefit amount which would be issued by that program if a penalty had not decreased the recipient's benefit.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § III-1978

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, amended LR 22:1141 (November 1996), amended by the Department of Children and Family Services, Economic Stability and Self-Sufficiency Section, LR 36:2530 (November 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 61:19155 et seq., 7 CFR 272.1, 273.9 and 273.11, P.L. 104-193, P.L. 110-246.