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Iowa’s TANF State Plan: Attachments details. In addition, the following language was added to the section of the FIP application form describing EBT prohibitions:

By having signed this application, you agree that no member of your household will use the EAC or your personal debit card to access FIP/RCA funds at prohibited locations.

Comparable language was also added to the FIP review and recertification eligibility form effective January 1, 2017. Households failing to sign an application or recertification form containing this language are ineligible for FIP.

Iowa has made additional changes to its policies and procedures prohibiting EBT transactions based on guidance and instructions in the final regulations. These changes are also effective January 1, 2017:

 Administrative rules were amended by revising definitions of prohibited locations. These definitions are used to identify such locations by clarifying when EBT restrictions apply. See next report component for details. See Exhibit 11.

 Administrative rules were amended to include fees associated with accessing benefits at prohibited locations in the amount required to be paid back. See Exhibit 11. This change was also made to other forms including language advising that TANF benefits accessed at prohibited locations must be repaid to the state. See Exhibits 12A-D.

 Language was added to forms and elsewhere as appropriate or necessary clarifying that the EBT restrictions apply to TANF benefits accessed using a personal debit card as well as the state-issued electronic access card, and to transactions involving TANF benefits conducted on tribal lands and in other states. See Exhibits 12A-D. Revised versions of Exhibit 12B, Comm.108, the FIP pamphlet provided to applicants, and Exhibit 12C, Rights and Responsibilities, also provided to applicants for FIP and other Iowa HHS services, will be used once existing supplies are exhausted. The changes to these forms are not considered to be significant as they are not used as the basis for taking any negative action against applicants or recipients. The same or similar language is found in other forms issued to applicants and recipients.

 Policies and procedures in Employees’ Manuals were also updated. See Exhibit 13A.

 Corresponding system changes to generate updated language for Notices of Decision. See Exhibit 13B.

(ii) How the state identifies the locations specified in the statute; 1. As already described, Iowa statute incorporates the definitions for prohibited types of businesses found in section 4004 of P.L. 112-96, and in federal regulations implementing this section. The final federal regulations issued on January 15, 2016, provided minimal further clarification of the definitions in P.L. 112-96. The state