[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46799]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-18597]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 272
[FNS-2009-0024]
RIN 0584-AD91
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Privacy Protections of
Information From Applicant Households
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is issuing this
affirmation of a final rule, without change, of an interim rule that
amended Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations at
Sec. 272.1, to permit SNAP State agencies to share information with
local educational agencies (LEAs) administering the National School
Lunch Program established under the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act or the School Breakfast Program established under the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966, in order to directly certify the eligibility of
school-age children for receipt of free school lunches and breakfasts
based on their receipt of SNAP benefits.
DATES: Effective August 2, 2013, the Department is adopting as a final
rule the interim rule published at 76 FR 28165, dated May 16, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Duffield, Chief, State
Administration Branch, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food
and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 818, Alexandria, VA 22302, (703) 605-4385, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 16, 2011, the Department published an interim rule
implementing a nondiscretionary privacy protection provision of section
4120 of Public Law 110-246, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of
2008 (FCEA), which amends section 11(e)(8) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (the Act), 7 U.S.C 2020(e)(8). The revision amended SNAP
regulations at Sec. 272.1(c), to make clear that SNAP applicant or
recipient information may be used for certifying children for free
school meals based on their family's eligibility for SNAP benefits.
Direct certification of SNAP children for the free school breakfast
and lunch programs went into effect July 2006 for large school
districts and by July 2008 for all school districts. Accordingly, the
revision to Sec. 272.1(c) did not change policy, so new State action
was not required. USDA also concluded that because implementation of
section 4120 was nondiscretionary and specific, and because the
rulemaking would not require any changes on the part of State agencies
in how they protect information provided by SNAP applicants, it was
unnecessary to issue the rule as a proposed rule. The comment period
ended on July 16, 2011.
No comments were submitted during the comment period. For reasons
given in the interim rule, the Department is adopting the interim rule
as a final rule without change.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 272
Alaska, Civil rights, Claims, SNAP, Grant programs-social programs,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Unemployment compensation,
Wages.
PART 272--REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING STATE AGENCIES
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Accordingly, the Department is adopting as a final rule, without
change, the interim rule that amended 7 CFR part 272 and was published
at 76 FR 28165 on May 16, 2011.
Dated: July 22, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-18597 Filed 8-1-13; 8:45 am]
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