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MS 1110

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Volume 1 – General Administration MS 1110 – R. 10/1/24 – OMTL-658 Intentional Program Violation Disqualification Penalties

A disqualification is entered on the Integrated Eligibility & Enrollment System (IEES) within three calendar days of notification that an individual has committed an Intentional Program Violation (IPV).

A. Notification of an IPV is:

1. a signed form FS-80A, Voluntary Waiver of SNAP Administrative Disqualification Hearing;

2. an FS-111, Disqualification Consent Agreement;

3. a final order from an administrative disqualification hearing (ADH); or

4. a court decision or agreement that finds the individual guilty.

B. When it has been determined that an individual has committed an IPV, the individual is disqualified on IEES even if the individual is not currently participating in or has never received, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

C. When entering an IPV on IEES, take action within three calendar days and follow the below logic as it pertains to your case.

Example 1: A Recommended Order is received with a date stamp of June 7, 2022. The order becomes the Final Order at close of business (COB) on the 15th day if no exceptions are filed. This order becomes Final at COB June 22, 2022, with the first day to act falling on June 23, 2022. Timely action will need to be taken on June 23, 2022, or June 24, 2022, as June 25, 2022 (third calendar day) falls on a weekend and would be lost as an action day.

Example 2: Form FS-80A is returned signed and dated by the individual on May 6, 2022. While the form can be acted on and appropriate action taken the day it is received, the three-calendar-day rule is still applied from the date the form is received for timeliness standards. Timely action will need to be taken by COB May 9, 2022, with May 7, 2022, and May 8, 2022, lost as they fall on a weekend.

D. An individual committing an IPV indicated below is disqualified for the period shown. Multiple disqualifications may be imposed concurrently and not consecutively. Disqualification periods can overlap one another depending on the decision date entered. The disqualification is entered on IEES.

1. Trafficking SNAP benefits of $500 or more on or after August 22, 1996. Disqualification can only be imposed based on a Federal, State, or local court order.

Disqualification: Permanent for the first offense.