[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR275.10]



[Page 846]

 

                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 275_PERFORMANCE REPORTING SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart C_Quality Control (QC) Reviews

 

Sec. 275.10  Scope and purpose.





    (a) As part of the Performance Reporting System, each State agency 

is responsible for conducting quality control reviews. For food stamp 

quality control reviews, a sample of households shall be selected from 

two different categories: Households which are participating in the Food 

Stamp Program (called active cases) and households for which 

participation was denied, suspended or terminated (called negative 

cases). Reviews shall be conducted on active cases to determine if 

households are eligible and receiving the correct allotment of food 

stamps. The determination of whether the household received the correct 

allotment will be made by comparing the eligibility data gathered during 

the review against the amount authorized on the master issuance file. 

Reviews of negative cases shall be conducted to determine whether the 

State agency's decision to deny, suspend or terminate the household, as 

of the review date, was correct. Quality control reviews measure the 

validity of food stamp cases at a given time (the review date) by 

reviewing against the Food Stamp Program standards established in the 

Food Stamp Act and the Regulations, taking into account any FNS 

authorized waivers to deviate from specific regulatory provisions. FNS 

and the State agency shall analyze findings of the reviews to determine 

the incidence and dollar amounts of errors, which will determine the 

State agency's liability for payment errors and eligibility for enhanced 

funding in accordance with the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, and 

to plan corrective action to reduce excessive levels of errors for any 

State agency that is not entitled to enhanced funding.

    (b) The objectives of quality control reviews are to provide:

    (1) A systematic method of measuring the validity of the food stamp 

caseload;

    (2) A basis for determining error rates;

    (3) A timely continuous flow of information on which to base 

corrective action at all levels of administration; and

    (4) A basis for establishing State agency liability for errors that 

exceed the National standard and State agency eligibility for enhanced 

funding.

    (c) The review process is the activity necessary to complete reviews 

and document findings of all cases selected in the sample for quality 

control reviews. The review process shall consist of: (1) Case 

assignment and completion monitoring; (2) case reviews; (3) supervisory 

review of completed worksheets and schedules; and (4) transmission of 

completed worksheets and schedules to the State agency for centralized 

data compilation and analysis.



[Amdt. 149, 44 FR 45893, Aug. 3, 1979, as amended by Amdt. 260, 49 FR 

6304, Feb. 17, 1984; 54 FR 7016, Feb. 15, 1989; Amdt. 328, 56 FR 60051, 

Nov. 27, 1991; Amdt. 373, 64 FR 38294, July 16, 1999]