Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-14-.10 - ISSUING IDENTIFICATION (ID) CARDS - FOOD STAMPS ONLY

(1) Requirements for the ID Card. The county shall issue an ID Card to each certified household as proof of program eligibility. The ID Card shall be issued in the name of the household member to whom the ATP is issued. That member and any authorized representative shall sign the ID Card prior to using it. If no authorized representative was named, the worker shall indicate on the ID Card that no designation was made. The worker shall place an expiration date only on those ID's issued to households that have been certified for delivered meals for a temporary period.

(2) Frequency of Issuance. The County Office shall limit issuance of ID Cards to the time of initial certification with replacement made only in instances of loss, mutilation, destruction, or changes in persons authorized to obtain or use coupons.

(3) Not To Be Mailed With ATP's or Coupons. ID Cards delivered to the household by mail shall not be mailed in the same envelope with an ATP or coupons.

(4) The household member whose name appears on the ID Card must sign the coupon books.

(5) ID Cards for Special Households.

(6) Delivered Meals. When one or more persons are determined to be eligible to use Food Stamps in payment of delivered meals, and express an intent to do so, they will be issued an ID Card which is conspicuously marked with the letter "M". Participants should be requested to advise the delivered meal service that they plan to use Food Stamps to purchase delivered meals. Persons who meet the eligibility requirements for delivered meals for only a temporary period, such as while convalescing, will have an expiration date on their ID Card.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-14-.10

Original rule filed August 15, 1980; effective September 29, 1980. Repeal and new rule filed December 10, 1981; effective January 25, 1982.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 14-8-106, 14-8-108, and 14-27-10; PL 97-35; 7 CFR 273.2.