{
  "name": "medfrail.com SNAP work rule rows",
  "version": "2026-10-27",
  "note": "The SNAP time limit for adults without dependents (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) as changed by Public Law 119-21 section 10102 (approved July 4, 2025). Each row: what the law says, the cite, the source page read, the date read, and what is still unknown. snap-work-check.js reads these rows; it types no rule of its own. Your state SNAP agency decides.",
  "checked": "2026-10-27",
  "sources": [
    { "id": "plaw", "title": "Public Law 119-21, section 10102 (govinfo)", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm" },
    { "id": "usc", "title": "7 U.S.C. 2015, subsections (d)(2) and (o) (Cornell LII, current text)", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015" },
    { "id": "fns", "title": "USDA, SNAP Work Requirements (page updated July 16, 2026)", "url": "https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/work-requirements" },
    { "id": "cfr", "title": "7 CFR 273.15, fair hearings (eCFR)", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-273/subpart-F/section-273.15" },
    { "id": "flsa", "title": "29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1), federal minimum wage (Cornell LII)", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/206" },
    { "id": "dir", "title": "USDA SNAP state directory", "url": "https://www.fna.usda.gov/snap/state-directory" }
  ],
  "rule": {
    "fact": "If you are covered, you can get SNAP for only 3 months in 36 months unless you work, or join a work program, 20 hours a week averaged over the month (80 hours a month). Paid work, work for goods or services, unpaid work and volunteering count, and hours can be combined.",
    "hours_per_month": 80,
    "months_allowed": 3,
    "in_months": 36,
    "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(2)",
    "source": "usc",
    "also": "fns"
  },
  "age": {
    "fact": "The time limit does not apply to anyone under 18 or over 65.",
    "under": 18,
    "over": 65,
    "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(A), as changed by Pub. L. 119-21 sec. 10102(a)",
    "source": "plaw",
    "unknowns": "The law says 'over 65'. If you are exactly 65, ask your SNAP office how it counts your age."
  },
  "exemptions": [
    { "key": "pregnant", "label": "You are pregnant.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(E)", "source": "plaw" },
    { "key": "child14", "label": "You are a parent, or another member of the household, responsible for a child under 14.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(C)", "source": "plaw" },
    { "key": "unfit", "label": "A medical source has certified that you are physically or mentally unfit to work.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(B)", "source": "plaw" },
    { "key": "care", "label": "You care for a child under 6, or for a person who cannot care for themselves.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(2)(B), through (o)(3)(D)", "source": "usc" },
    { "key": "work30", "label": "You work at least 30 hours a week, or earn at least the federal minimum wage times 30 hours ($7.25 x 30 = $217.50) a week.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(2)(E), through (o)(3)(D); 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)", "source": "usc" },
    { "key": "otherprog", "label": "You meet the work rules of TANF, or of unemployment insurance.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(2)(A), through (o)(3)(D)", "source": "usc" },
    { "key": "student", "label": "You are a student at least half time in a school or training program.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(2)(C), through (o)(3)(D)", "source": "usc", "unknowns": "College students have other SNAP rules (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)). Ask your SNAP office." },
    { "key": "treatment", "label": "You take part regularly in a drug or alcohol treatment program.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(2)(D), through (o)(3)(D)", "source": "usc" },
    { "key": "indian", "label": "You are an Indian, an Urban Indian, or a California Indian as the Indian Health Care Improvement Act defines them.", "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(F) and (G)", "source": "plaw" }
  ],
  "removed": {
    "fact": "Before July 4, 2025 the list also excused veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and people 24 or younger who were in foster care at 18. Public Law 119-21 replaced the list, and those three are not on the new one. The USDA work-requirements page still shows the old list and says new guidance is coming.",
    "cite": "Pub. L. 119-21 sec. 10102(a)",
    "source": "plaw",
    "also": "fns",
    "unknowns": "Ask your SNAP office which list it applies to you today."
  },
  "state_options": {
    "fact": "Your state can ask USDA to waive the time limit for an area with unemployment over 10 percent (or, in Alaska and Hawaii, at least 1.5 times the national rate), and can exempt a limited number of people on its own.",
    "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) and (o)(6)",
    "source": "usc"
  },
  "regain": {
    "fact": "If you lost SNAP under the time limit, you can get it back by working, or joining a work program, for 80 hours in a 30-day period, or by becoming exempt.",
    "cite": "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(5)(A)",
    "source": "usc"
  },
  "hearing": {
    "fact": "You can ask for a fair hearing on any SNAP action in the last 90 days. You can ask out loud or in writing.",
    "cite": "7 CFR 273.15(g) and (h)",
    "source": "cfr"
  }
}