§2032 Automated data processing and information retrieval systems

Summary

The Secretary must review the rules that were in effect on November 28, 1990 for approving State computer and information systems and finish that review within 1 year after that date. The Secretary must update those rules based on the review. States must use all or part of systems already used elsewhere unless they show a different design would cost less. The Secretary will set standards about how much a system can be changed and still get payment under sections 2025(a) or 2025(g). New systems must meet standards for timely updates. Approval under section 2025(g) must consider cost effectiveness, and a State must document actual costs and benefits after putting a system into use. The Secretary will check that systems meet funding conditions and support program delivery under the law. After the review, the Secretary must create approval standards. States must meet those standards within a reasonable time set by the Secretary. The Secretary will make periodic checks for compliance. By October 1, 1993, the Secretary must report to the House and Senate Agriculture committees on how well State agencies have developed and operate systems that support the supplemental nutrition assistance program.