Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 50 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Subchapter 9 - Eligibility and Benefit Determination Procedures
Section 340:50-9-6 - Procedures relating to food benefit certification renewals
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) Worker action. The worker completes the application process and approves or denies applications for certification renewal in a timely manner, per § 273.14 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The worker does not continue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits to the household beyond the certification period until he or she determines continued eligibility and recertifies the household. Refer to Oklahoma Administrative Code 340:50-3-3(i) for information regarding verification required at certification renewal.
(b) Notice of expiration.
(c) Timely certification renewals.
(d) Untimely certification renewal. A household that submits an untimely certification renewal, without good cause, loses its right to uninterrupted benefits. When this occurs, the worker has 30-calendar days to certify or deny the application. When a certification renewal is not received until after the certification period expires, the application is considered an initial application and benefits for that month are prorated. When eligible, the household is entitled to expedited service, per OAC 340:50-11-1.
(e) Good cause for failure to timely renew food benefits. When the household has a good cause reason for failing to submit a timely certification renewal or completing the certification process timely and does not receive food benefits in the month following benefit expiration, it is entitled to restoration of lost benefits, per OAC 340:50-11-4. Good cause may include reasons, such as failure to receive timely notice of expiration or personal illness.
Amended at 9 Ok Reg 3843, eff 8-24-92 (emergency) ; Amended at 10 Ok Reg 1821, eff 5-13-93 ; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 805, eff 5-12-05 ; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 937, eff 6-1-08 ; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 794, eff 7-1-12 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 681, eff 6-1-13