MR #11.21: Refusing To Cooperate With A SNAP Quality Control (QC) Review and the Statewide Exemption from the SNAP Work Requirement

Summary:

Due to a change in federal regulations, the penalty period for a SNAP unit that refused to cooperate with a QC Review is changed to 125 days following end of the federal fiscal year of the month the case was originally sampled.
When a SNAP case is denied or cancelled due to a SNAP unit's member's refusal to cooperate with a QC review, the SNAP unit is ineligible for SNAP during the penalty period unless they cooperate with the QC review.
When the SNAP unit member(s) that refused to cooperate with the QC review leaves the SNAP unit, the penalty follows the SNAP unit member(s). If the FCRC is unable to determine which unit member(s) refused to cooperate, the Bureau of SNAP Integrity will determine which SNAP unit gets the penalty.
SNAP units denied or cancelled for refusal to cooperate with a QC review that apply after the penalty period ends must provide all required verifications, see PM 02-07-03, in order to be eligible for SNAP.
In order to reduce negative QC errors, denial TAR 49 is obsolete for SNAP effective 09/12/11. Use denial TAR 48 whenever income exceeds the gross or net income standard. The message on the denial TAR 48 now reads, "Your household's income is above the amount allowed by Department policy. PM 13-01".
Due to a high unemployment waiver extension granted by FNS, the entire state is exempt from the SNAP Work Requirement through 09/30/12.