Rule2021-18743
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Non-Discretionary Quality Control Provisions of Title IV of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018; Correction
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Published
September 2, 2021
Effective
September 2, 2021
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Abstract
This document contains a correction to an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 13, 2021. The rule codifies statutory requirements enacted by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. This document also extends the comment period for the interim final rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 168 (Thursday, September 2, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49229-49230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18743]
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 168 / Thursday, September 2, 2021 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 275
[FNS-2018-0043]
RIN 0584-AE64
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Non-Discretionary
Quality Control Provisions of Title IV of the Agricultural Improvement
Act of 2018; Correction
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Correcting amendment and extension of comment period for
interim final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to an interim final rule
published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 13, 2021. The rule
codifies statutory requirements enacted by the Agriculture Improvement
Act of 2018. This document also extends the comment period for the
interim final rule.
DATES:
Effective date: The correction is effective September 2, 2021.
Comment date: The comment period for the interim final rule
published August 13, 2021 (86 FR 44575), is extended. Written comments
on the interim final rule must be received on or before November 1,
2021 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, invites interested
persons to submit written comments on the interim final rule. Comments
may be submitted in writing by one of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: Send comments to Stephanie Proska, Branch Chief,
Quality Control Branch, Program Accountability and Administration
Division; Food and Nutrition Service; 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor;
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
<bullet> Email: Send comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7b4a9a6b7b6a4b5828188958aa792948386c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d1e030c1d1c0e1f282b223f200d383e292c632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>. Include
Docket ID Number FNS-2018-0043, ``SNAP: Non-Discretionary QC provisions
of Title IV of PL 115-334'' in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> All written comments submitted in response to the interim
final rule will be included in the record and will be made available to
the public. Please be advised that the substance of the comments and
the identity of the individuals or entities submitting the comments
will be subject to public disclosure. FNS will make the written
comments publicly available on the internet via <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Proska, Food and Nutrition
Service, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor; Alexandria, Virginia 22314,
via phone at (703) 305-2437 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7e4f9f6e7e6f4e5d2d1d8c5daf7c2c4d3d699d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4978a8594958796a1a2abb6a984b1b7a0a5eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In an interim final rule published on
Friday, August 13, 2021 (86 FR 44575), amendatory instruction 8b
incorrectly called for revising paragraph (b) in Sec. 275.21. It
should have instructed a revision to paragraph (b) introductory text.
This led to the erroneous removal of paragraphs (b)(1) through (4). In
addition, the preamble of the interim final rule discussed amending
paragraph (b)(1) to update language associated with State agencies
submitting ``edited findings'' for the FNS Form-380-1 and FNS Form 245
and to update outdated language regarding the technology used for
submitting findings to FNS. However, the amendatory text for these
changes were erroneously excluded from the published rule. Therefore,
this document makes a correcting amendment to Sec. 275.21(b) to
restore and revise the text for paragraph (b)(1) and restore the
erroneously lost regulatory text for paragraphs (b)(2) through (4). All
other regulatory provisions in the August 13, 2021, interim final rule
remain unchanged. This document also extends the comment period for the
interim final rule until November 1, 2021 to provide the public ample
time to consider these amendments.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 275
Grant programs--social programs, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 275 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 275--PERFORMANCE REPORTING SYSTEM
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1. The authority citation for part 275 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2011-2036.
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2. Section 275.21 is amended by adding paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) to
read as follows:
Sec. 275.21 Quality control review reports.
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(b) * * *
(1) The State agency shall utilize SNAPQCS, FNS' automated, web-
based QC System, to report all required QC forms, supporting evidence,
and information necessary to understand the disposition and final
findings for active and negative sampled cases to FNS. Upon State
agency request, FNS will consider approval of any technical changes in
the review results after they have been reported to FNS.
(2) The State agency shall have at least 115 days from the end of
the sample month to dispose of and report the findings of all cases
selected in a sample month. FNS may grant additional time as warranted
upon request by a State agency for cause shown to complete and dispose
of individual cases.
(3) The State agency shall supply the FNS Regional Office with
individual household case records and the pertinent information
contained in the individual case records, or legible copies of that
material, as well as legible hard copies of individual Forms FNS-380,
FNS-380-1, and FNS-245 or other FNS-approved report forms, within 10
days of receipt of a request for such information.
(4) For each case that remains pending 115 days after the end of
the sample month, the State agency shall immediately submit a report
that includes an explanation of why the case has not been disposed of,
documentation describing the progress of the review to date, and the
date by which it will be completed. If FNS extends the time frames in
paragraph
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(b)(2) of this section, this date will be extended accordingly. If FNS
determines that the report in the first sentence of this paragraph
(b)(4) does not sufficiently justify the case's pending status, the
case shall be considered overdue. Depending upon the number of overdue
cases, FNS may find the State agency's QC system to be inefficient or
ineffective and suspend and/or disallow the State agency's Federal
share of administrative funds in accordance with the provisions of
Sec. 276.4.
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Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-18743 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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