Food Stamp Program: Quality Control Provisions of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act

Resumo

This action proposes changes to Food Stamp Program regulations based on section 13951 of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act. This action proposes to modify the quality control system of the Food Stamp Program in the following areas: timeframes for completion of all review activity, exclusion of variances resulting from the application of new regulations, the tolerance level for excessive error rates, the calculation of liability amounts, interest charges on liability amounts, good cause relief from liabilities, and the authority of the Administrative Law Judges to determine good cause. This action proposes to incorporate these legislative provisions into the Food Stamp Program regulations.