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MS 1015 (1) Volume 1 – General Administration MS 1015 – R. 6/1/24 – OMTL-649 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center Claims Drug and Alcohol Abuse (DAA) treatment centers are responsible for the misuse of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or the misrepresentation of information on behalf of a center resident. Pursue a claim in either of these instances. The DAA facility is responsible for repayment of a claim established due to misuse of benefits or misrepresentation of information. These types of claims are established for SNAP over-issuances that occurred on or after January 1, 2010. Establish a claim in the name of the resident if an agency error occurs. The resident is responsible for repayment of the claim. If the resident has an active case on the Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment System (IEES), it will be subject to benefit reduction. A. Establish separate claims for each resident whose benefits are overpaid if the treatment center is the cause of the overpayment or the misuse. 1. DAA facility claims are established under provider/facility claim establishment. 2. The claim is established as an Inadvertent Household Error (IHE) on the Benefit Management module. 3. All DAA facility claims are in the name of the treatment center. The Benefit Management module will assign a 10-digit claim number when the claim is submitted. 4. If there are multiple claims against the treatment center, each claim will have a different claim number. 5. The resident of the DAA is not responsible for the repayment of the IHE claim; therefore, if the resident has an active SNAP case on IEES, he/she is not subject to benefit reduction. B. [The organization authorized by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) as a retail food store can be penalized or disqualified if it is determined administratively or judicially that benefits have been misappropriated or used for purchases that did not contribute to a certified participant's meals. The office promptly notifies the Nutrition Assistance Branch (NAB) by memorandum through the appropriate chain of command when it has reason to believe that an organization is misusing benefits. NAB notifies FNS upon receipt of the memorandum from the local office. NAB takes no action against the organization or institution prior to FNS action. See Volume 2 MS 2660 for more details regarding claims on DAA facilities.]