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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 15000 15200 When to Prepare an Overpayment 15110 Types of Overpayments

15200 When to Prepare an Overpayment

SNAP Manual 03/01/02 All adult household members will be jointly and severally liable for the value of any over issuance of SNAP benefits to the household. Overpayment claim may be established against: • Any household currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that has received more SNAP benefits than the household was entitled to receive; or • Any household containing an adult member who was an adult member of another household when that household received more SNAP benefits than the household was entitled to receive. • Any household involved with the trafficking* of Snap benefits. • A sponsor of an alien household who was at fault for the alien receiving more benefits than the alien was entitled to receive. * Trafficking means the buying or selling of SNAP or electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards for cash or for consideration other than eligible foods; or the exchange of firearms, ammunition, explosives or controlled substances for SNAP benefits. Suspected instances of trafficking will be referred to the Fraud Unit via a Suspected Fraud Report (DHS-1700) within 10 days of the date the trafficking incident became known to a DHS county office worker. No overpayment claim is prepared if: • The county office failed to insure that the household signed the application form. • The claim is classified as an administrative error and more than 12 months have elapsed between the month the overpayment occurred and the caseworker discovered an overpayment might exist. • The claim amount is $125 or less and the household is not currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program UNLESS the overpayment was discovered in a Quality Assurance review. Overpayments discovered in a Quality Assurance review must always be established. When a claim is submitted in any category other than an administrative error, the overpayment must be calculated back to the month the overpayment began EXCEPT THAT: • No claim will be prepared for overpayments that occurred more than six years before the agency became aware of the overpayment.