Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part III - Economic Stability
Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households
Subchapter M - Notice of Adverse Action
Section III-1999 - Reduction or Termination of Benefits

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-1999

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. A notice of adverse action shall be sent at least 13 days prior to taking action to reduce or terminate benefits. In some circumstances advance notice is not required. A concurrent notice shall be sent to the household at the time of action in the following situations:

1. the agency disqualifies a household member because of an intentional program violation and the benefits of the remaining household members are reduced or ended because of the disqualification;

2. benefits are reduced or terminated at the end of the certification period when the client timely reapplies;

3. the client has been certified in another state and that fact has been established;

4. the client signs a statement requesting closure or reduction in benefits and waives the right to advance notice;

5. benefits are reduced or terminated effective the month following the simplified report month;

6. the agency receives a written report signed by the head of the household or other responsible household member which provides sufficient information for the agency to determine the households benefit amount or ineligibility;

7. mass changes;

8. based on reliable information, the agency determines that the household has moved or will be moving out of the state prior to the next monthly issuance;

9. the household applied for cash assistance and SNAP at the same time and has been getting SNAP benefits while waiting for approval of the cash assistance grant;

10. the client was a certified resident in a drug or alcohol treatment center or a group living arrangement which loses its state certification or FNS disqualifies it as a retailer;

11. a household certified under expedited processing rules provides postponed verification which reduces or terminates benefits.

B. A concurrent notice shall not be sent to the household at the time of action in the following situations:

1. all members of the household have died;

2. the household's allotment changes from month to month during the certification period because of changes expected at the time of certification;

3. the agency recoups benefits from a client who previously received a repayment demand letter; and

4. the Fraud and Recovery Section converts a cash payment to allotment reduction because the household failed to make agreed payments on a claim.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 7 CFR 273.12(a)(1)(vii) and P.L. 110-246.

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