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The purpose of this Local Commissioners Memorandum (LCM) is to clarify U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy regarding the use of Food Stamp Program (FSP) administrative funds to pay for medical screening costs to establish individual exemption from program work requirements. As food stamp administrative costs are funded 50% by the federal government, medical screening costs to establish exemptions from food stamp employment requirements are funded 50% by the USDA. However, this federal reimbursement is strictly limited to the costs of medical screening to establish an exemption from food stamp employment requirements. Medical screenings or medical determinations for other purposes, such as determining disability, as defined in the Food Stamp Act (7 USC 2012), are not reimbursable as a food stamp administrative costs.
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