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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 16000 16400 Denial or Dismissal of Request 16330 Time Frames for Requesting a Hearing

16400 Denial or Dismissal of Request

SNAP Manual 06/01/01 The Office of Appeals and Hearings will not deny or dismiss a request for a hearing except under the following circumstances: 1. The request was not received within the specified time period. (The DHS county office will handle untimely requests for an administrative hearing as a request for restoration of benefits. See SNAP 13300 for instructions on handling requests for restoration of benefits.) 2. The household or representative withdrew the request inwriting. 3. The household or representative failed, without good cause, to appear at the scheduled hearing. (The Office of Appeals and Hearings will determine good cause.) When the household fails to appear without good cause, the hearing is considered abandoned and the Office of Appeals and Hearings immediately dismisses the request. The Office of Appeals and Hearings sends a final order stating that the hearing request has been dismissed to the county office. Since households are advised that hearings must be rescheduled in advance, no additional notification is sent to the household. Should the Office of Appeals and Hearings determine that the household had good cause for failure to appear, the county office will be so notified.