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Amended definition of "household" to include any
narcotics addict or alcoholic who lives under the
supervision of a private nonprofit organization or
institution for the purpose of regular participation in
a drug or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation
program. |
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Prohibited any individual who received SSI benefits
under title XVI of the SSA to be considered a member of
a household or an elderly person for any purpose of the
FSA for any month if such person received for such
month, as part of his SSI benefits or payments, an
amount equal to the bonus value of food stamps in
addition to the amount of assistance such individual
would be entitled to receive. Secretary of HEW to issue
regulations to implement this provision after
consultation with the Secretary of USDA. |
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Added definition of "drug addiction or alcoholic
treatment and rehabilitation program" to mean any drug
addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation
program conducted by a private nonprofit organization or
institution which is certified by the State agency or
agencies responsible for the administration of the
State's programs for alcoholics and drug addicts
pursuant to P.L 91-616 `Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and
Alcohol Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act'
and P.L 92-255 `Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of
1972' as providing treatment that can lead to the
rehabilitation of drug addicts or alcoholics. |
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Secretary to establish uniform national standards of
eligibility for narcotics addicts or alcoholics who live
under the supervision of a private nonprofit
organization or institution for the purpose of regular
participation in a drug or alcoholic treatment and
rehabilitation program. |
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Excluded narcotics addicts and alcoholics who regularly
participate, as residents or non residents, in any drug
addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation
program from program work requirements. |
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Permitted narcotics addicts or alcoholics who regularly
participate in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment
and rehabilitation program to use coupons to purchase
food prepared for or served to them during the course of
such program by a private nonprofit organization or
institution which meet the requirements contained in
this act. |
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Provided that income and resource eligibility standards
take into account payments in kind received from an
employer by members of a household, if such payments are
in lieu of or supplemental to household income. |
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Permitted the establishment of temporary emergency
standards of eligibility, without regard to income and
other financial resources, for households that are
victims of a mechanical disaster which disrupts the
distribution of coupons. |
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Provided for the issuance of coupon allotments no less
often than two times per month. |
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Any household participating in the program entitled to
have the charges, if any, for its coupon allotment
deducted from its AFDC and have its coupon allotment
distributed to it with such grant. (Previous law
[91-671] allowed allotment charges to be deducted from
any grant or payment such household may be entitled to
receive under any federally aided public assistance
program. This authority was revoked under P.L. 92-603). |
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Required States to submit, prior to Jan. 1, 1974,
plans of operation specifying the manner in which such
State agency intended to conduct the FSP in every
political subdivision in the State, unless the State
could demonstrate it was impracticable to extend the
program to particular subdivisions. Secretary to approve
or disapprove plans in sufficient time to permit
institution of plans no later than June 30, 1974. |
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Household members sixty years of age or over or elderly
persons and their spouses allowed to use coupons to
purchase meals prepared by senior citizens' centers,
apartment buildings occupied primarily by elderly
persons, any public or nonprofit private school which
prepares meals especially for elderly persons, any
public or nonprofit private eating establishment which
prepares meals especially for elderly persons during
special hours, and any other public or nonprofit private
establishment approved for such purpose by the Secretary
when an appropriate State or local agency contracts with
a private establishment to offer, at concessional
prices, meals prepared especially for elderly persons
during regular or special hours. |
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Amended definition of "food" to mean any food or food
product for home consumption except alcoholic beverages
and tobacco and shall also include seeds and plants for
use in gardens to produce food for the personal
consumption of the eligible household. |
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Provided for the semiannual adjustment by the nearest
dollar increment that is a multiple of two to reflect
changes in the prices of food published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor to be
implemented commencing with the allotments of Jan. 1,
1974, incorporating the changes in the prices of food
through Aug. 31, 1973, but in no event shall such
adjustments be made for value of the coupon allotment
for such households, as calculated above, is a minimum
of $2. |
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Allowed members of eligible households living in the
State of Alaska to purchase hunting and fishing
equipment for the purpose of procuring food for the
household except firearms, ammunition, and other
explosives, with coupons if the Secretary determined
that |
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such households are located in an area of the
State which makes it extremely difficult for
members to reach retail food stores, and |
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such households depend to a substantial extent
on hunting and fishing for subsistence purposes. |
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Amended definition of "retail food store" to include
senior citizens' centers, apartment buildings occupied
primarily by elderly persons, any public or nonprofit
private school which prepares meals especially for
elderly persons, any public or nonprofit private eating
establishment which prepares meals especially for
elderly persons during special hours, and any other
public or nonprofit private establishment approved for
such purpose by the Secretary. Definition also included
private nonprofit organizations or institutions which
meet act requirements and operate drug addiction or
alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation programs. |
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Permitted residents of federally subsidized housing for
the elderly, built under either section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, or section 236 of the National
Housing Act to be considered households and not
residents of an institution or boarding house for
purposes of eligibility for food stamps.
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