North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Subchapter U - FOOD ASSISTANCE
Section .0200 - MANUAL
Section 71U .0205 - IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF ASSISTANCE

(a) Pursuant to 7 CFR 273.13(a), households subject to immediate termination or reduction of benefits shall be notified in accordance with the timelines set forth in 7 CFR 273.13(4)(e)(1), which is incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments and editions, and may be accessed at www.congress.gov at no charge.

(b) For mass changes, such notice shall be provided a minimum of 10 working days in advance when federal implementing time standards permit.

(c) If a hearing is requested, benefits shall be continued at the present level pending the hearing decision only if the termination or reduction is due to a mass change and the issue being contested is that FNS eligibility or benefits were improperly computed or that federal law is being misapplied or misinterpreted, as set forth in 7 CFR 273.15(k)(l), which is incorporated by reference, not including any subsequent amendments and editions, and may be assessed at www.congress.gov at no charge.