KRS 205.1783: Transitional benefit alternative -- Elderly Simplified Application Project -

- Online employment and training program -- Administrative regulations.

In order to improve access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, reduce

administrative costs associated with the program, and enhance program integrity, the

cabinet shall:

(1) Within one hundred eighty (180) days after July 14, 2022:

(a) Establish a transitional benefit alternative as described in 7 C.F.R. secs.

273.26 to 273.32;

(b) Request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture to

implement:

1. An Elderly Simplified Application Project for individuals who have no

earned income and who are over sixty (60) years of age or who are

disabled; and

2. A standard medical de duction waiver for individuals who are over sixty

(60) years of age or are disabled;

(c) Establish procedures to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

beneficiaries to recertify eligibility online;

(d) To the extent permitted under federal law, d evelop and implement an online

employment and training program, as defined in 7 U.S.C. sec. 2015(d)(4), for

any individual that is subject to work requirements under 7 U.S.C. sec.

2015(d)(1);

(e) Request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture relating to

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance time limit exception established in 7

C.F.R. sec. 273.24(c)(4); and

(f) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A

necessary to administer this section; and

(2) Within ninety (90) days after July 14, 2022, require all households receiving

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits, except for those households described

in subsection (1)(b) of this section, to comply with the change reporting

requirements permitted pursuant to 7 C.F.R. sec. 273.12(a).