Or. Admin. Code § 461-196-0080 - [Effective 12/14/2024] Verification; SEBT
(1) Individuals who
are determined to be eligible through streamlined
certification as described in OAR
461-196-0060, are not required
to provide verification.
(2)
Summer EBT (SEBT) applications (see OAR
461-196-0020) are subject to the
following verification requirements at any time during the eligibility
period (see OAR
461-196-0020 and
461-196-0060):
(a) Verification for Cause. The
Department (see OAR
461-196-0020) must verify for
cause SEBT applications when the
Department
has knowledge or available information suggesting a filing
group (see OAR
461-196-0020) has intentionally
misreported its income, including by leaving the income fields blank on the
SEBT application.
(b) Verification Sample of three percent of
Approved Applications.
(A) The
Department must verify eligibility of children in a sample of
SEBT applications approved for benefits for the
summer.
(B) The sample size for the
Department must equal three percent of all SEBT
applications approved by the
Department from the
start of the eligibility period through April 1 of the school
year immediately preceding the summer operational period (see
OAR 461-196-0020 and
461-196-0060), selected randomly
from all applications.
(3) Individuals must provide verification
when requested by the
Department . The
Department will notify the filing group
through a Notice of Request for Information as described in OAR
461-196-0100, when verification,
or additional verification, of any factor affecting eligibility is
required.
(4) The Department must
give filing groups at least 10 calendar days to provide
required verification.
(5) Benefits
cannot be issued for SEBT applications selected for
verification until the verification process is completed with the exception of
verification for cause, as described in subsection (2)(a) of this
rule.
(6) If the filing
group refuses to cooperate or does not provide verification when
requested by the
Department , the filing
group's eligibility for SEBT benefits will be denied.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 411.060
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 411.060
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