Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 50 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program › Subchapter 9 - Eligibility and Benefit Determination Procedures › Section 340:50-9-5 - Changes after application and during the certification period

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Change
				reporting requirements.
Section 273.12 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal
				Regulations (7 C.F.R. §
										273.12) contains change reporting
				requirements after application and during the certification period described in
				(a) through (j) of this Section.
(b)
Applicant households.
Applicant households must report all changes related to their food benefit
				eligibility and benefit amount. Households must report changes that occur after
				the interview but before the date of the notice of eligibility, within
				10-calendar days of the date of the notice.
(c)
Annual reporting households.
Annual reporting households are households in which all adult members are
				elderly or disabled with no earned income.
(1)
Certification period.
A
				24-month certification period is automatically assigned to annual reporting
				households. Annual reporting households must complete a mid-certification
				renewal between certification periods to report current household
				circumstances.
(2)
Change
				reporting between renewal periods.
Between the mid-certification renewal
				and certification renewal reporting months, the household must report gross
				income changes when the household's income exceeds the maximum gross income
				scale for household size shown on Form 08MP006E, Information for Benefit
				Renewal, and when the household wins substantial lottery or gambling winnings
				as defined, per
				7 C.F.R. §
											273.11(r) and Oklahoma
				Administrative Code (OAC)
				340:50-7-1,
				within 10-calendar days of receipt of the first payment attributable to the
				change. The maximum gross income scale is based on 130 percent of the monthly
				poverty income guidelines.
(3)
Action taken on reported changes.
The worker must act on all
				changes reported by households.
(A) The
				computer system determines if the change results in an increase, decrease, or
				no change in benefits.
(B) Between
				the mid-certification renewal and certification renewal months, the changes the
				worker makes do not decrease or close benefits until the mid-certification
				renewal is due unless the:
(i) household's
				income increase exceeds the maximum gross income scale for household size shown
				on Form 08MP006E;
(ii) household
				requested benefit closure;
(iii)
				worker has information about the household's circumstances considered verified
				upon receipt, per (h) of this Section;
(iv) a household member is identified as a
				disqualified or ineligible person, per
				7 C.F.R. §
													273.12(a)(5)(vi) and OAC
				340:50-5-10.1;
				or
(v) the worker verifies the
				household won substantial lottery or gambling winnings as defined, per
				7 C.F.R. §
													273.11(r) and OAC
				340:50-7-1(b).
				When this occurs, refer to (j) of this Section, and OAC
				340:50-7-1(b)
				and 340:50-7-6, for information regarding actions that are
				taken.
(C) The computer
				system applies all changes that increase benefits. Before entering a change
				that increases benefits, verification supporting the change must be provided,
				when required.