# Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, State Reporting On Policies and Practices To Prevent Use of TANF Funds in Electronic Benefit Transfer Transactions in Specified Locations
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-01-15 · Effective 2016-01-15 · 81 FR 2092
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-00608
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 2092
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 262
- **Publication date:** 2016-01-15
- **Effective date:** 2016-01-15
## Abstract

This final rule makes regulatory changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) regulations to require states, subject to penalty, to maintain policies and practices that prevent TANF funded assistance from being used in any electronic benefit transfer transaction in any liquor store; any casino, gambling casino, or gaming establishment; or any retail establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment. This rule implements provisions of Section 4004 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/01/15/2016-00608/temporary-assistance-for-needy-families-tanf-program-state-reporting-on-policies-and-practices-to)
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