Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
- 7 CFR Parts 272 and 273
- RIN 0584-AE75
AGENCY:
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION:
Interim final rule; delay of effective date.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Nutrition Service is delaying the effective date for the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2022, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirement for Interstate Data Matching to Prevent Duplicate Issuances.
DATES:
Effective date: The effective date for the rule published October 3, 2022, at 87 FR 59633 is delayed until December 6, 2022.
Implementation date: The USDA (or Department) is implementing this nationwide NAC matching solution using a phased approach that will allow all State agencies to onboard over a period of 5 years. State agencies must comply with the provisions of this interim final rule no later than October 4, 2027. The implementation date has not changed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribelle Balbes, Chief, State Administration Branch, Program Accountability and Administration Division, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314, by phone at (703) 605-4271 or via email at SM.FN.SNAPSAB@usda.gov.