13 CSR 40-2.150 - Date Cash Payments Are Due and Payable
(1) Scope. This rule governs the delivery of
benefits for the following programs:
(A) The
Temporary Assistance program, pursuant to section
208.040, RSMo, and Title IV-A of
the Social Security Act;
(B) The
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called Food Stamps,
pursuant to 7 USC
2011 -
2036c ;
(C) The Blind Pension program, pursuant to
Chapter 209, RSMo; and
(D)
Supplemental Payments, Supplemental Aid to the Blind, and Supplemental Nursing
Care, pursuant to section
208.030,
RSMo.
(2) Temporary
Assistance (TA) benefits shall be paid monthly in advance as follows:
(A) Newly-authorized TA benefits, issued for
a portion of a month and not the entire month, shall be mailed, or issued
electronically, within seven (7) calendar days from the date on which they were
authorized; or
(B) Ongoing TA
benefits, or newly-authorized TA benefits being issued for an entire month,
shall be mailed or issued electronically on a date that corresponds to the
payee's month of birth. Benefits that are mailed shall be mailed on the first
business day following the monthly availability date, if the monthly
availability date falls on a weekend or holiday.
(3) SNAP benefits shall be issued as follows:
(A) Newly-issued or supplemental SNAP
benefits shall be due and payable pursuant to
7 CFR
274.2 and other relevant federal laws and
rules; and
(B) Pursuant to
7 CFR
274.2(d)(1), and except as
otherwise provided under 7
CFR 274.7, ongoing SNAP benefits shall be
issued by way of electronic benefits transfer (EBT) on a date that corresponds
with the first letter of the payee's last name and the payee's month of
birth.
(4) Blind Pension,
Supplemental Payments, and Supplemental Aid to the Blind benefits shall be paid
monthly in advance as follows:
(A)
Newly-authorized benefits, issued for a portion of a month and not the entire
month, shall be mailed or issued electronically within seven (7) calendar days
from the date on which they were authorized; or
(B) Ongoing benefits, or newly-authorized
benefits being issued for an entire month, are due and payable on the tenth of
each month and will be mailed or issued electronically on the tenth of the
month, or on the first working day after the tenth, if the tenth falls on a
weekend or a holiday.
(5) Supplemental Nursing Care (SNC) benefits
shall be paid monthly in advance as follows:
(A) Newly-authorized benefits, issued for a
portion of a month and not the entire month, shall be mailed or issued
electronically within seven (7) calendar days from the date on which they were
authorized; or
(B) Ongoing
benefits, or newly-authorized SNC benefits being issued for an entire month,
are due and payable on the first day of each month and will be mailed or issued
electronically on the first of the month, or on the first working day after the
first, if the first falls on a weekend or a holiday.
(6) Claimants receiving payments by means of
electronic benefits transfer (EBT) shall be required to use an EBT card on
which there is a photographic identification of the payee for the benefits in
order to gain access to the benefits. Good cause exemptions for requiring
photographic identification on the electronic benefits transfer card may be
allowed in the following circumstances:
(A)
The payee for the benefits belongs to a religion which prohibits members being
photographed;
(B) The payee for the
benefits is housebound;
(C) The
payee for the benefits already possesses a valid electronic benefits transfer
card issued by the division for use in the TA or SNAP program;
(D) A direct deposit TA benefit has been
returned by the receiving bank and a temporary EBT card is issued to allow the
recipient access to the returned benefits;
(E) Lives in a remote area defined as more
than a two- (2-) hour round trip from home to the Department of Revenue
office;
(F) Unavailability of
transportation; and
(G)
Circumstances beyond the member's control such as, but not limited to, the
inability of the division to generate the photographic identification, illness,
or illness of another household member requiring the presence of the head of
household.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.