Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Eligible
persons. Per Section
273.2(k) of Title
7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (7 C.F.R. §
273.2(k)), the Social
Security Administration (SSA) accepts Supplemental Nutritional Assistance
Program applications for Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS). To apply with SSA,
the SNAP household may only include Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
applicants or recipients. SSA also does not accept applications when the
household:
(1) currently receives SNAP and is
not due for a certification renewal; or
(2) has already applied for SNAP in the past
60-calendar days.
(b)
Application Procedures. SSA informs SSI applicants and recipients
of their right to apply for SNAP with SSA or OKDHS.
(1) When the SSI applicant or recipient
accepts the offer to apply with SSA, SSA:
(A)
follows the instructions in the SSA Program Operations Manual System to
complete the SNAP application and interview;
(B) provides the SNAP application to
OKDHS;
(C) prescreens the
application for expedited service and indicates potential expedited service
eligibility on the SSA-4233 form;
(D) suggests the household may receive
quicker service by applying in person at an OKDHS office when the household
qualifies for expedited service;
(E) accepts any available verification the
household has and provides it to OKDHS; and
(F) completes the SSA-4233 form to record
eligibility information revealed by the SSA interview and any potential missing
verification and provides this form to OKDHS.
(2) When an SSI applicant or recipient
declines to apply with SSA or does not meet the criteria in (a) of this
Section, SSA refers them to www.okdhslive.org, www.okbenefits.org, or the
nearest OKDHS office.
(c)
OKDHS procedures. When SSA
submits a SNAP application to OKDHS, the OKDHS worker:
(1) screens the application for expedited
service on the date OKDHS receives the application;
(2) calculates expedited service from the day
OKDHS receives the application online or in the OKDHS office;
(3) processes the application within
30-calendar days of when SSA received the signed application;
(4) uses the interview completed and
eligibility information provided on the SSA-4233 to determine the household's
eligibility;
(5) does not contact
the household or request additional information or verification unless the
application is incomplete, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC)
340:50-3-1, missing mandatory
verification, per OAC
340:50-3-3(b),
or contains questionable information, per OAC
340:50-3-3(f);
(6) completes an incomplete application or
obtains any missing or needed verification without requiring a household to
come to an OKDHS office;
(7)
applies OAC 50-11-111 to determine if a household is categorically
eligible;
(8) identifies
applications from SSA Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized and follows
the procedures in (d) of this Section; and
(9) employs ordinary SNAP procedures except
for the requirements of this subsection.
(d)
SSA Prerelease Program for the
Institutionalized. Per 7 C.F.R.
273.11(i), public
institution residents may apply for SSI and SNAP before their release from the
institution through the SSA Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized. The
OKDHS worker uses the resident's release date as the application date for these
applications. Expedited service and the 30-calendar day processing timeframes
begin on the release date.
Amended at 27 Ok Reg
1241, eff 6-1-10
