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MS 1100 (1) Volume 1 – General Administration MS 1100 – R. 3/1/22 – OMTL-592 Regional Claims Staff Procedures for Acting on Administrative Disqualification Hearing Final Order When a final order is received and: A. [The final order states that the member did not commit an Intentional Program Violation (IPV), take action on the case as directed by the final order within three calendar days. B. The member is found guilty of an IPV. Refer to MS 1110 if a claim has been established. The disqualification is entered within three calendar days of the notification. C. The hearing was dismissed: 1. Update the Comments screen on the Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment System (IEES) to show the Administrative Disqualification Hearing (ADH) was dismissed, making sure to annotate the reason for dismissal. 2. Scan the final order and the recommended order into the Electronic Case File (ECF) under the Hearings tab under the associated claim number upon receipt. Any hard copy documents in local office storage will need to be scanned to ECF for cases that were prior to ECF. 3. Due to a lack of service, also annotated as “Unclaimed” or “Undeliverable”, if/when a new address becomes known to the Agency, a new FS-80, Notice of SNAP Suspected Intentional Program Violation, and FS-80A, Voluntary Waiver of SNAP Administrative Disqualification Hearing, will need to be generated and mailed to the recipient. Allow 10 calendar days for the return of the FS-80A before requesting an ADH. If the FS-80A is not returned, is returned unsigned, or is returned without a date, request a new ADH within three calendar days. a. Request a new ADH by accessing the claim adjustment screen on the left navigation panel and click the blue “Request Administrative Disqualification Hearing” button under the associated claim number to start ADH request process. b. Upload a new FS-79, Request for an Administrative Disqualification Hearing, and all associated evidence, along with a copy of the previous hearing decision/final order, into the newly associated Hearing ID. c. The agency must have the evidence submitted as an attachment to the associated hearing on the Hearings module and mailed to the individual at least eight days prior to the scheduled telephonic hearing. Prior to attaching the evidence to the hearing and mailing to the individual, all evidence must be labeled as Exhibit 1, 2, 3 or A, B, C, etc. Provide a summary of the evidence on the FS-79.