# Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Implementation of Electronic Benefit Transfer-Related Provisions
> **Food and Nutrition Service** · Final rule. · Published 2016-03-01 · Effective 2016-05-02 · 81 FR 10433
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-04261
- **Category:** food-assistance
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Nutrition Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 10433
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 246
- **Publication date:** 2016-03-01
- **Effective date:** 2016-05-02
## Abstract

This final rule considers public comments submitted in response to the proposed rule published February 28, 2013 and implements the provisions set forth in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 related to electronic benefit transfer (EBT) for the WIC Program (also referred to herein as "the Program"). The HHFKA amended provisions of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) and was enacted on December 13, 2010. EBT provisions of the HHFKA and other EBT implementation requirements included in this final rule are: A definition of EBT; a mandate that all WIC State agencies implement EBT delivery method by October 1, 2020; system management and reporting requirements; revisions to current provisions that prohibit imposition of costs on vendors; a requirement for the Secretary of Agriculture to establish minimum lane equipage standards; a requirement for the Secretary of Agriculture to establish technical standards and operating rules; and a requirement that State agencies use the National Universal Product Code (NUPC) database.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/01/2016-04261/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-implementation-of)
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