205.1783 Transitional benefit alternative -- Elderly Simplified Application Project -
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- Online employment and training program -- Administrative regulations. In order to improve access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, reduce administrative costs associated with the program, and enhance program integrity, the cabinet shall:
(1)Within one hundred eighty
(180)days after July 14, 2022:
(a)Establish a transitional benefit alternative as described in 7 C.F.R. secs.
273.26 to 273.32;
(b)Request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture to
implement:
1. An Elderly Simplified Application Project for individuals who have no
earned income and who are over sixty
(60)years of age or who are
disabled; and
2. A standard medical deduction waiver for individuals who are over sixty
(60)years of age or are disabled;
(c)Establish procedures to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
beneficiaries to recertify eligibility online;
(d)To the extent permitted under federal law, develop and implement an online
employment and training program, as defined in 7 U.S.C. sec. 2015(d)(4), for
any individual that is subject to work requirements under 7 U.S.C. sec.
2015(d)(1);
(e)Request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture relating to
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance time limit exception established in 7
C.F.R. sec. 273.24(c)(4); and
(f)Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A
necessary to administer this section; and
(2)Within ninety
(90)days after July 14, 2022, require all households receiving
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits, except for those households described
in subsection (1)(b) of this section, to comply with the change reporting
requirements permitted pursuant to 7 C.F.R. sec. 273.12(a).