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Allowed recipients of SSI benefits under title XVI of
the SSA or disability or blindness payments under title
I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the SSA to be separate
households for FSP purposes. |
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Prohibited any portion of benefits provided under title
IV-A of the SSA, to the extent it is attributable to an
adjustment for work-related or child care expenses, to
be considered a reimbursement for program purposes. |
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Extended FSP for one year through September 30, 1982 and
set a $11.3 billion appropriation ceiling for FY 1982. |
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Scheduled next TFP adjustment for October 1, 1982 based
on changes in costs over the 21 month period ending June
30, 1982. Future adjustments to be made annually in
October. Alaska allowed separate urban and rural TFP
levels, and Hawaii allowed a separate TFP level. |
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A portion of the income and assets of the sponsors of
aliens are to be considered as income and assets
available to the alien applicant for a period of 3 years
after the individual's entry into the U.S. when
determining eligibility of aliens. Sponsors of aliens as
well as the aliens, themselves, are to be held
responsible for overpayments to alien applicants. |
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Allowed Comptroller General of U.S. access to
retailer/wholesaler information for purposes of audit
and examination of such information. |
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Provided that retail food stores must display a sign
providing information on how persons may report abuses
they have observed in the operation of the FSP. |
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The term "banks" replaced by "financial institutions
which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation". |
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Deleted sixty-day transfer of certification provision. |
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Allowed all information obtained under this Act from an
applicant household to be made available, upon request,
to local, State or Federal law enforcement officials for
the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of
this Act or any regulation issued under this Act. |
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States required to match computer wage data for the
purpose of determining whether income is accurately
reported by food stamp applicants. |
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Required households to request the prompt restoration of
any allotment which has been wrongfully denied or
terminated. Allotments not to be restored for any period
of time more than one year prior to the date the State
agency receives such a request. |
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State agencies to request and utilize information
available from SSA under the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, and information available from
agencies administering State unemployment compensation. |
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State agency to include, in any agreement or contract
with a coupon issuer, a provision that a) the issuer
shall 1) require the presenter to furnish a photo ID
card at the time the ATP is presented, and 2) record on
the ATP the ID number shown on the photo ID; and b) if
the State agency determines that the ATP has been stolen
or otherwise was not received by a household, the issuer
to be liable to the State agency for the value of any
coupons issued if the issuer fails to comply with the
requirement of a) above. |
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Secretary to extend food and nutrition education to
reach FSP participants, using the methods and techniques
developed in the expanded food and nutrition education
and other programs. |
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Secretary to provide for the use of fee agents in rural
Alaska to make applications available to low-income
households, assist in the completion of applications,
conduct required interviews, secure required
verification, forward completed applications and
supporting documentation to the State agency, and
provide other services as required by the State agency.
Fee agents not to make final decisions on household
eligibility or benefit levels. |
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Issuing agents to be held liable for issuance to
unqualified persons. |
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State agencies held liable for any financial losses
occurring in the handling and issuing of food stamps,
including losses involving failure of coupon issuers to
comply with prescribed requirements. Degree of State
liability in the case of losses of food stamps or ATPs
resulting from mail issuance to be prescribed by the
Secretary. |
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Workfare authorized nationally at the option of the
States and political subdivisions. |
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All household members required to obtain Social Security
numbers as a condition of eligibility. |
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Allowed information in casefiles to be disclosed to law
enforcement officials based upon alleged violations of
the program rules and regulations. |
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Required that food stamp applications include a warning
notice informing applicants that their statements will
be verified and that failure to report information
correctly could lead to prosecution. |
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Allowed courts to add 18 months to disqualification
penalties for persons found guilty of felonies or
misdemeanors. Imposed differing penalties based on first
or second and subsequent offenses. Allowed court to
permit an individual convicted of a food stamp offense
to perform work to provide restitution for losses
incurred as a result of the offense. Court to withhold
imposition of the sentence on the condition that such
individual perform the assigned work. |
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Deleted requirement for State agencies to use staffing
standards, such as caseload per certification worker
limitations. |
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Extended the disqualification penalty for voluntarily
quitting a job to participants as well as applicants.
Also annualized work registration, automatically
disqualified persons who fail to comply with any work
requirement, and lowered to the age of six the age of a
child establishing an exemption from registration except
where child care is unavailable. In this case the
exemption age is raised to 12. |
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Extended the SSI cash-out project through October 1985.
Also authorized AFDC cash-out pilot projects as well as
pilots to study the health status of low income persons
and to test and simplify application processing for SSI,
AFDC and Medicaid households. |
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Secretary authorized to redefine resources with respect
to vehicles. |
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Rates of improper denials and terminations to be
considered in determining enhanced funding, and
corrective action plans to be required for States with
error rates over 5%. |
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Excluded as income payments or allowances for energy
assistance if they are specifically designated as energy
assistance by State or local legislative bodies and if
they are calculated on a seasonal basis. |
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Allowed the Secretary to conduct an employment
requirement pilot project. |
