Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 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
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits:
(a) The identity of the applicant and any
authorized representative or alternate payee.
(c) Social Security Number (SSN) or
application for an SSN.
(d)
Countable (see OAR
461-001-0000) 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inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved issues that impact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 individual with
able bodied adult withough dependents (ABAWD) status who resides in a SNAP time
limit area (see OAR 461-135-0520):
(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, when;
(A) A new source of income is reported,
including income from a new member of the
filing group (see
OAR 461-110-0370);
(B) The
countable monthly
income from an existing source changed by more than $50; or
(C) The
countable monthly
income used in the budget was previously 130 percent or less of the federal
poverty level (FPL) (see OAR
461-155-0180) and the new
countable monthly income is over 130 percent of the
FPL.
(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 $25 or more;
(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incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated.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inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved issues that impact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.
(e) Work hours for an individual with ABAWD
status who resides in a
SNAP time limit area (see OAR
461-135-0520).
(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 an existing
countable income source, including income of a new
filing group member.
(b) The amount of
countable
monthly income has changed by more than $50.
(c) 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 $25 or
more;
(B) The medical expense is
new; or
(C) The medical expense
information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated.
(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, if the
countable monthly income used in the budget was previously 130
percent or less of the FPL (see OAR
461-155-0180) and new
countable monthly income is over 130 percent of the
FPL;
(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 $25 or more;
(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 countable income for
an individual must be verified when the periodic report is processed in
accordance with OARs 461-150-0060(5)
and 461-170-0102 and one of the
following is true:
(a) The source of income
has changed, including income from a new
filing group
member;
(b) The
countable monthly income has changed by $125 or more for the
income type; or
(c) The
countable monthly income used in the budget was previously 130
percent or less of the FPL (see OAR
461-155-0180) and the new
countable monthly income is over 130 percent FPL.
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
273.2
