Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 17 - Public Assistance and Welfare Services
12a - Food Stamp Basis of Issuance and Allotment Reduction
Section 17-12a-15 - Disclosure of and access to information contained in food stamp case records
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 17-12a-15
Current through September 9, 2024
(a) General
Use and/or disclosure of information obtained from Food Stamp households is restricted to certain individuals, and agencies.
(b) Access to Information
(1) Access to information
used in the determination of eligibility and benefit levels of individuals and
households applying for or receiving food stamps is limited by Federal
regulation to:
(A) persons directly connected
with the administration or enforcement of the provisions of the Food Stamp Act
or regulations;
(B) persons
administering other Federal assistance programs;
(C) persons administering Federally assisted
State programs which provide assistance on a means-tested basis to low income
individuals such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental
Security Income, and Medicaid;
(D)
employees of the Comptroller General's Office of the United States for audit
examination authorized by any provision of law;
(E) local, State or Federal law enforcement
officials, upon their written request for the purposes of investigating an
alleged violation of the Food Stamp Act or regulations.
(F) households applying for or receiving Food
Stamp benefits, their Authorized Representative, or an individual acting on
behalf of the household, upon their written request.
(2) Law enforcement officials and household
members, prior to the case review, or obtaining information must submit a
written request to the Department of Income Maintenance representative.
(A) A written request received from law
enforcement officials must include:
(i) the
identity of the individual requesting the information; and
(ii) the authority to do so; and
(iii) the violation being investigated;
and
(iv) the identity of the person
on whom the information is requested.
(B) The written request submitted by head of
household, the household's authorized representative, or an individual acting
on behalf of the household must include:
(i)
name of the person making the request; and
(ii) date of request; and
(iii) reason for the request; and
(iv) signature of the head of household or
its authorized representative.
(3) The food stamp case record is available
for inspection during normal business hours.
(4) The Department of Income Maintenance can
withhold confidential information such as:
(A)
the names of individuals who have disclosed information about the household
without the household's knowledge; or
(B) the nature or status of pending criminal
prosecutions.
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