Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The Department must give households at
least 10 days to provide required verification.
(2) All of the following information must be
verified when an individual initially applies for SNAP benefits:
(a) The identity of the applicant and any
authorized representative or alternate payee.
(b) Noncitizen status.
(c) Social Security Number (SSN) or
application for an SSN.
(d)
Countable income.
(e) Medical
expenses, if they are used as a deduction.
(f) Effective January 19, 2023, an order to
pay child support and the amount actually paid, if the child for which the
support is paid is not in the individual's SNAP household group and the child
support payments are used as an exclusion.
(g) Any information that is incomplete,
inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved issues that impact
eligibility (see OAR 461-001-0000) or the benefit
amount.
(h) For an ABAWD who
resides in a SNAP time limit county (see OAR
461-135-0520):
(A) Work hours.
(B) The number of countable months (see OAR
461-135-0520) used in another
state if the individual is applying for food benefits after receiving food
benefits in another state.
(3) All of the following information must be
verified when an individual reapplies for SNAP benefits:
(a) Countable income.
(b) Medical expenses, if used as a deduction,
and one of the following are true:
(A) The
total amount of recurring medical expenses has changed by more than
$25,
(B) The medical expense is
new, or
(C) The medical expense
information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or
outdated.
(c) Effective
January 19, 2023, any changes to an order to pay child support and the amount
actually paid, if the child for which the support is paid is not in the
individual's SNAP household group and the child support payments are used as an
exclusion.
(d) Any information that
is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved
issues that impact eligibility or the benefit amount.
(4) For cases using the Change Reporting
System (CRS), each of the following changes reported during the certification
period (see OAR 461-001-0000) must be verified:
(a) A change in source of income, or the
amount of stable income has changed by more than $50.
(b) The amount of variable income from any
source.
(c) Changes in reported
medical expenses by more than $25, and previously unreported medical
expenses.
(d) Effective January 19,
2023, any changes to an order to pay child support and the amount actually
paid, if the child for which the support is paid is not in the individual's
SNAP household group and the child support payments are used as an
exclusion.
(e) Any information that
is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved
issues that impact eligibility or the benefit amount.
(5) For cases using the Simplified Reporting
System (SRS), each of the following changes reported during the certification
period must be verified in accordance with OAR
461-170-0103:
(a) Noncitizen status and SSN or application
for an SSN when a new member joins the benefit group (see OAR
461-110-0750).
(b) Countable income.
(c) Medical expenses, if used as a deduction,
and one of the following are true:
(A) The
total amount of medical expenses has changed by more than $25,
(B) The medical expense is new, or
(C) The medical expense information is
incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated.
(d) Effective January 19, 2023, an order to
pay child support and the amount actually paid, if the child for which the
support is paid is not in the individual's SNAP household group and the child
support payments are used as an exclusion.
(6) A claimed expense or cost may be used to
determine the SNAP benefit only when the individual provides the required or
requested verification.
(7) In
addition to the verification required by sections (2) to (6) of this rule, the
income for an individual must be verified in accordance with OARs
461-150-0060(5)
and 461-170-0102 --
(a) Every six months for SRS cases certified
for twelve months under OAR
461-115-0450.
(b) Every twelve months for SRS cases
certified for 24 months under OAR
461-115-0450.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
409.050,
411.060,
411.070 &
411.816
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
409.050,
411.060,
411.070,
411.081,
411.087,
411.816,
411.825,
411.837 &
7 CFR
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