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Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-241.3: Limitation of benefits - Amount and receipt of

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allotments.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law or waiver, all able-

bodied recipients eighteen (18) years of age to fifty (50) years of

age, who are not disabled or raising minor children, may receive

food stamps for only three (3) months in each thirty-six-month

period except in months in which such recipients are employed for at

least twenty (20) or more hours per week. The Department of Human

Services shall enforce the provisions of this section and any

approved waivers or other provisions pursuant to law in effect for

this state as of the effective date of this act in designated areas

and populations.

B. 1. A family applying for food stamps after the fifteenth

(15th) day of each month shall be eligible to receive the total

amount of their initial allotment and their regular first allotment.

2. A household allotment of food stamps may be reduced by up to

twenty-five percent (25%) if a family is sanctioned in another

program established pursuant to the Statewide Temporary Assistance

Responsibility System.

3. An individual in a treatment center shall designate the

treatment center as the recipient of such individual's food stamp

allotment.

4. Operating procedures for the food stamp programs in local

offices may vary to reflect local differences.

5. The Department is authorized to use the amount of a

household food stamp allotment to subsidize a job under a work

supplementation or support program.

C. Beginning October 1, 2013, the Department of Human Services

shall not request a waiver to provide Supplemental Nutrition

Assistance Program services to able-bodied adults without

dependents.

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