Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 250 - Economic Support › Chapter DHS 252 - Electronic Benefit Transfer › Section DHS 252.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Authorized buyer" means an individual designated by a food stamp group to have
				access to the food stamp account as a secondary cardholder on behalf of the
				group.
(2) "Card issuer" means the
				entity designated by the department to issue EBT cards and maintain the card
				issuance data base.
(3) "Coupon"
				means any coupon, stamp, type of certificate, authorization card, cash or check
				issued in lieu of a coupon, or access device, including an electronic benefit
				transfer card or personal identification number issued pursuant to the
				provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, for the purchase of
				eligible food.
(4) "Department"
				means the department of health services.
(5) "EBT" or "electronic benefit transfer"
				means an electronic system that allows a recipient on-line access to their food
				stamp benefits through the use of a POS device at an FNS-authorized retailer,
				thereby authorizing the electronic payment of federal funds to the retailer to
				settle the approved purchase of eligible food items.
(6) "EBT account" means an account
				established by the department or its EBT vendor on behalf of the food stamp
				group.
(7) "EBT vendor" means the
				entity that is, or is teamed with, a financial institution or fiscal
				intermediary that the department has contracted with to provide EBT
				services.
(8) "Economic support
				(ES) agency" means a county department of social services or human services, a
				W-2 agency or a tribal agency which administers economic support programs,
				including food stamps.
(9) "FNS"
				means the food and nutrition service, a subdivision of the United States
				department of agriculture that has administrative responsibility for the food
				stamp program.
(10) "Food stamp
				act" means the food stamp act of 1977 as amended,
				7 USC
				2011 to
				2036.
(11) "Food stamp group" means those persons
				whose financial eligibility for food stamps is determined together.
(12) "Food stamp payee" means an individual
				designated by a responsible member of the food stamp group to receive an EBT
				card and have access to the food stamp account on behalf of the food stamp
				group.
(13) "Food stamp
				regulations" means the regulations of the US department of agriculture found in
				title 7, chapter II of the code of federal regulations.
(14) "Group living arrangement" has the
				meaning given in
				7 CFR
				271.2 and is a public or private nonprofit
				residential setting that serves no more than 16 residents and is certified by a
				regulating state or local agency.
(15) "IPV" or "intentional program violation"
				has the meaning given in
				7 CFR
				273.16(c), and shall consist
				of having intentionally:
a) made a false or
				misleading statement, or misrepresented, concealed or withheld facts,
				or
b) committed any act that
				constitutes a violation of the food stamp act, the food stamp program
				regulations, or any state statute relating to the use, presentation, transfer,
				acquisition, receipt, possession or trafficking of coupons, authorization cards
				or reusable documents used as part of an automated benefit delivery system
				(access device).