North Carolina § 108A-51 - 1. Prohibition on certain waivers.

§ 108A-51. 1. Prohibition on certain waivers.

Except for waivers for the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program sought for an area that has received a Presidential disaster declaration of Individual Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department shall not seek waivers to time limits established by federal law for food and nutrition benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents required to fulfill work requirements to qualify for those benefits. History (2015-294, s. 16(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-294, s. 17, made this section effective October 1, 2015. Session Laws 2015-294, s. 16(b), as amended by Session Laws 2015-264, s. 91.2, provides: "The Department of Health and Human Services shall withdraw any pending request for waivers to time limits established by federal law for food and nutrition benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents required to fulfill work requirements to qualify for those benefits submitted but not granted prior to the effective date of this section [October 1, 2015] unless the request can be amended so that the period covered by the waiver will not extend beyond March 1, 2016. If a pending waiver request is granted prior to the effective date of this section, the Department shall discontinue the waiver as of that effective date unless the waiver can be amended so that the period covered by the waiver will not extend beyond March 1, 2016. The Department shall not submit a new request for a waiver unless the period covered by the waiver will not extend beyond July 1, 2016. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require termination of a waiver in place as of September 1, 2015."