63-034 IMPLEMENTATION OF QUARTERLY REPORTING AND 63-034

PROSPECTIVE BUDGETING (QR/PB)

.1 Sections 63-102, 63-103, 63-300, 63-301, 63-410, 63-501, 63-503, 63-504, 63-505, 63-508, 63-509, 63-801, and 63-804 shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State.

.2 Monthly Reporting/Retrospective Budgeting (MR/RB) subsections shall become inoperative and Quarterly Reporting/Prospective Budgeting (QR/PB) subsections shall become operative in a County Welfare Department (CWD) on the date QR/PB becomes effective in that county, pursuant to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Director's QR/PB Declaration. The Director's Declaration states that the necessary federal Food Stamp Program waivers have been granted, and specifies a staggered implementation schedule for counties.

.3 The provisions in Sections 63-102, 63-103, 63-300, 63-301, 63-410, 63-501, 63503, 63504, 63505, 63508, 63-509, 63-801, and 63-804 must be applied to all food stamp households no later than July 1, 2004, with the exception of existing nonmonthly reporting (change reporting) households in the Food Stamp Program, outlined in Manual of Policies and Procedures (MPP) Section 63-505.21. Nonmonthly food stamp households will continue to follow existing nonmonthly reporting rules (change reporting) and will not be mandated to submit quarterly reports.

.4 Sections 18910, 11265.1, .2, and .3, Welfare and Institutions Code as amended by Assembly Bill (AB) 444 (Chapter 1022, Statutes of 2002) and AB 1402 (Chapter 398, Statutes of 2003), directed CDSS to implement provisions of the statutes for the amended and adopted regulations initially through an AllCounty Letter (ACL), followed by emergency regulations. CDSS authorized CWDs to implement QR/PB through ACL 03-18 dated April 29, 2003.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10554, 11265.1, .2, .3, 18904, and 18910, Welfare and Institutions Code as amended by AB 444 (Chapter 1022, Statutes of 2002) and AB 1402 (Chapter 398, Statutes of 2003). Reference: Sections 10554 and 18904, Welfare and Institutions Code and Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Quarterly Reporting/Prospective Budgeting waiver approval dated April 1, 2003.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-FS

MANUAL LETTER NO. FS-04-07 Effective 7/1/04

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FOOD STAMP REGULATIONS

63-035 FOOD STAMP IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE Regulations