Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
The notice period is used to determine the effective date for
taking action when a decision notice (see OAR
461-001-0000) is sent to the
filing group (see OAR
461-110-0310):
(1) For a basic decision
notice (see OAR
461-001-0000), the notice period
is the month in which the notice is mailed.
(2) For a continuing benefit decision
notice (see OAR
461-001-0000), the notice period
is the budget month from which information is used to initiate the decision
notice.
(3) For a timely
continuing benefit decision notice (see OAR
461-001-0000), the notice period
is the month in which the mailing requirement ends.
(4) Except as provided under sections (5) of
this rule, the timely continuing benefit decision notice
mailing requirement is:
(a) No later than the
first business day following the 15th day of the month:
(A) For cases maintained in the ONE
system.
(B) In the GA, OSIP, OSIPM,
and QMB programs.
(b) At
least fifteen calendar days for individuals in the Address
Confidentiality Program (see OAR
461-001-0000) whose cases are
maintained in the ODHS mainframe system.
(c) At least ten calendar days:
(A) For all other cases maintained in the
ODHS mainframe system.
(B) In the
following programs or services:
(i) The State
Plan Personal Care Services provided under OAR division 411-034,
(ii) Any Nursing Facility or Medicaid Home
and Community-Based Services received for individuals determined eligible under
OAR division 411-015, and
(iii)
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) under OAR division
411-045.
(5) In all programs except the SNAP program:
(a) If the basis for a decision to reduce,
suspend, or close a grant of public assistance or medical assistance is a
change to a benefit standard, the
timely continuing
benefit decision notice mailing requirement is:
(A) At least 30 calendar days before the
effective date of the action, or
(B) If the Department has fewer than 60 days
before the effective date to implement a change to a benefit
standard, the mailing requirement is as provided under section (4) of
this rule.
(b) For
purposes of this section, the term "change to a benefit standard" means a
change to the applicable inflation-adjusted contribution, income, or payment
standard. It does not include the annual adjustment to a standard based on a
federal or state inflation rate.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
411.730,
411.816,
412.049, ORS
411.060,
409.050,
411.404,
412.014 &
412.049
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
411.060,
411.730,
411.816,
412.049,
411.404,
412.014,
412.049,
192.856,
409.010 &
411.095
