Rule2023-08122
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Non-Discretionary Quality Control Provisions of Title IV of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018
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Published
April 18, 2023
Effective
April 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim final rule on non-discretionary quality control provisions of Title IV of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, and its correction, as final. In this final rule, USDA is also removing one obsolete paragraph from the interim final rule due to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) subsequent approval of information collection activities associated with the rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08122]
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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
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim
final rule on non-discretionary quality control provisions of Title IV
of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, and its correction, as
final. In this final rule, USDA is also removing one obsolete paragraph
from the interim final rule due to the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) subsequent approval of information collection activities
associated with the rule.
DATES: Effective April 18, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McCleskey, 703-457-7747, Food and
Nutrition Service, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor; Alexandria, Virginia
22314, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eab9a4abbabba9b88f8c859887aa9f998e8bc48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c6f727d6c6d7f6e595a534e517c494f585d125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published an interim final rule on August 13, 2021,
which addressed non-discretionary quality control (QC) provisions of
Title IV of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (86 FR 44575).
This rule became effective August 13, 2021. USDA also published a
correction to that interim final rule on September 2, 2021 (86 FR
49229). The interim final rule established requirements on the use and
Federal oversight of third-party contractors for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program's (SNAP) QC system in State agencies;
Federal QC reviewer access to State eligibility computer systems
containing SNAP household information; the use of FNS' existing
management evaluation process to annually review at least two State
agency QC systems for integrity purposes; and inclusion of SNAP cases
originally processed by the Social Security Administration in the
annual review of QC cases. The rule also clarified which QC records
must be kept for QC recordkeeping purposes, that QC cases must be final
when submitted to FNS for Federal review, and that the OMB-approved FNS
380 QC form and all of its supporting documentation must be submitted
to FNS upon completion of the State's case review.
The interim final rule also included 7 CFR 275.2(c)(4) because the
rule included information-collection activities that required revision
of existing OMB-approved collections. Per the interim final rulemaking,
paragraph (c)(4) states that compliance with paragraph (c)(1) will not
be required until paragraph (c)(4) is removed or contains a compliance
date, after review of such requirements by OMB pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). On July 29, 2022, OMB concluded its
review of and approved the PRA requirements for the two affected
collections requiring revision, OMB 0584-0074--Worksheet for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Reviews and
OMB 0584-0303--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Regulations,
Part 275--Quality Control.
One comment on the interim final rule was received, sharing the
commenter's general thoughts about SNAP's integrity; however, the
comment was not germane to the interim final rule. No other comments
were received by the November 1, 2021, comment date.
As such, USDA is adopting the interim final rule and its correction
as final. In doing so, USDA is also removing 7 CFR 275.2(c)(4) from the
rule due to OMB's approval of information collection activities
included in 7 CFR 275.2(c)(1).
This action also affirms the information contained in the interim
final rule concerning Executive Orders 12866 and the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, Executive Orders 13563, 13175, and 12988.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 275
Grant programs--social programs, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, the interim rule amending 7 CFR part 275, published
August 13, 2021, at 86 FR 44575, and corrected September 2, 2021, at 86
FR 49229, is adopted as final with the following changes:
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.
Sec. 275.2 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 275.2 by removing paragraph (c)(4).
Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-08122 Filed 4-17-23; 8:45 am]
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