OAR 461-115-0651: Required Verification and When to Verify; SNAP

(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. (b) Noncitizen status. (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 (g) Any information that is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved issues that impact eligibility (see OAR 461-001-0000) or the benefit amount.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): (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, 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(B) The medical expense is new; or (C) The medical expense information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated.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 (d) Any information that is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated, including unresolved issues that impact eligibility or the benefit amount.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) Any unclear information (see OAR 461-001-0015) discovered during the prior certification period (see OAR 461-001-0000) and not yet resolved. (f) 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) When the periodic report (see OAR 461-170-0102) is processed, the following must be verified: (a) Any unclear information discovered during the certification period . (b) Countable income, when: (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 of the FPL. (c) Noncitizen status and SSN or application for an SSN when a new member joins the benefit group . (d) 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. (e) 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.