63-1435 IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK 63-1435

OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT (PRWORA) OF 1996 - PHASE II

(Continued)

.215 Handbook Sections 63-501.522(a) and .524(a); and Handbook Sections 63-1101.24, .27, .3, .31 are updated with current amounts for ease of use.

.216 CWDs shall implement the provision in Section 63-402.229 for all continuing cases at the household's request, at recertification, when the case is reviewed next or the CWD becomes aware a review is needed, whichever occurs first. Households that had food stamp benefits reduced, denied, or terminated on or after September 1, 1997 due to the old rule, but who would now be eligible for benefits under the new rule, shall be entitled to restored benefits.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 10554 and 18904, Welfare and Institutions Code; 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(1), P.L. 104-193, Sections 115, 402, 801, 809, 810, 815, and 844 (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996); and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Sections 5516 and 5518).