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_ 485 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 334. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 J. Out of this appropriation, $1,500,000 the second year from the general fund and $1,500,000 the second year from nongeneral funds shall be provided to transition electronic benefits transfer cards to chip cards to combat fraud. 335. A. In the operation of any program of public assistance, including benefit and service programs in any locality, for which program appropriations are made to the Department of Social Services, it is provided that if a payment or overpayment is made to an individual who is ineligible therefor under federal and/or state statutes and regulations, the amount of such payment or overpayment shall be returned to the Department of Social Services by the locality. B. However, no such repayments may be required of the locality if the department determines that such overpayment or payments to ineligibles resulted from the promulgation of vague or conflicting regulations by the department or from the failure of the department to make timely distribution to the localities of the statutes, rules, regulations, and policy decisions, causing the overpayment or payment to ineligible(s) to be made by the locality or from situations where a locality exercised due diligence, yet received incomplete or incorrect information from the client which caused the overpayment or payment to ineligibles. If a locality fails to effect the return, the Department of Social Services shall withhold an equal amount from the next disbursement made by the department to the locality for the same program. C. The Department of Social Services shall implement the guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning the obligation of recipients of federal financial assistance to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by ensuring that meaningful access to federally-funded programs, activities and services administered by the department is provided to limited English proficient (LEP) persons, 63 Fed. Reg. 47,311-47,323 (August 8, 2003). At a minimum, the department shall (i) identify the need for language assistance by analyzing the following factors: (1) the number or proportion of LEP persons in the eligible service population, (2) the frequency of contact with such persons, (3) the nature and importance of the program, activity or service, and (4) the costs of providing language assistance and resources available; (ii) translate vital documents into the language of each frequently encountered LEP group eligible to be served; (iii) provide accurate and timely oral interpreter services; and (iv) develop an effective implementation plan to address the identified needs of the LEP populations served. 336. A. The amount for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shall be expended under regulations of the Board of Social Services to reimburse county and city welfare/social services boards pursuant to § 63.2-401, Code of Virginia, and subject to the same percentage limitations for other administrative services performed by county and city public welfare/social services boards and superintendents of public welfare/social services pursuant to other provisions of the Code of Virginia, as amended. B. Pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, the Department of Social Services shall, in cooperation with local departments of social services, maintain a waiver of the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients residing in areas that do not have a sufficient number of jobs to provide employment for such individuals, including those areas designated as labor surplus areas by the U.S. Department of Labor. C. To the extent permitted by federal law, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients subject to a work requirement pursuant to § 824 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, as amended, shall be permitted to satisfy such work requirement by providing volunteer services to a public or private, nonprofit agency for the number of hours per month determined by dividing the household's monthly SNAP allotment by the federal minimum wage. D. The Department of Social Services shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, disregard the value of at least one motor vehicle per household in determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).