New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter B - Public Assistance › Article 1 - Determination of Eligibility-General › Part 358 - Fair Hearings: Family Assistance, Safety Net Assistance, Medical Assistance, Emergency Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled Persons, Emergency Assistance to Needy Families With Children, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Home Energy Assistance, and Services Funded through the Department of Family Assistance › Subpart 358-2 - Definitions › Section 358-2.11 - Expiration notice

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Expiration notice means a notice sent by a social
				services agency which advises a household in receipt of food stamp benefits
				that its certification period is due to expire. The expiration notice must
				contain:
(a) the consequences of
			   failure to comply with the expiration notice;
(b) the date the current certification period
			   ends;
(c) the date by which the
			   recipient's household must reapply to receive uninterrupted benefits;
(d) the date of any scheduled interview, and
			   a statement that the recipient is responsible for rescheduling a missed
			   interview;
(e) the number of days
			   the recipient has for submitting missing verification after the interview or
			   after the recertification form is received by the local social services
			   district if no interview is required;
(f) the specific regulation upon which the
			   action is based;
(g) the
			   household's right to request an application for food stamp benefits and the
			   obligation of the local social services district to accept the application,
			   provided that the application is signed and contains a legible name and
			   address;
(h) the address where the
			   application must be filed;
(i) the
			   household's right to apply for food stamp benefits by mail or through an
			   authorized representative;
(j)
			   information that any household consisting only of supplemental security income
			   (SSI) applicants or recipients is entitled to apply for food stamp
			   recertification at any office of the Social Security Administration
			   (SSA);
(k) the household's right to
			   a fair hearing;
(l) the procedure
			   for requesting an agency conference or fair hearing, including an address and
			   telephone number where a request for a fair hearing may be made and the time
			   limits within which the request for a fair hearing must be made;
(m) the right of the recipient to review the
			   recipient's case record. The notice must contain an address and telephone
			   number where the recipient can obtain additional information about the
			   recipient's case; how to request a fair hearing; access to the case file;
			   and/or obtaining copies of documents;
(n) the right to representation by legal
			   counsel, a relative, friend or other person or to represent oneself, and the
			   right to bring witnesses to the fair hearing and to question witnesses at the
			   hearing; and
(o) the right to
			   present written and oral evidence at the hearing.