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MS 0455 Volume 1 - General Administration MS 0455 - R. 7/1/25 - OMTL-674 Hearing Process Flow Chart (1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Fair Hearings Hearing request sent to the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). OAH reviews request, places in queue for processing; may be two to four days. Reschedule? Case assigned to Hearing Officer. Notice of hearing sent out within five days. Hearing scheduled. Hearing held by day 15. Decision Order issued by day 25 after the date of the hearing request. Hearing file sent to Cabinet Secretary /Secretary’s Designee for review and Final Order to be drafted. Exceptions filed by day 40? Yes Yes No Final Order issued by day 60. Appeal held in Circuit Court. Final Order appealed to Circuit Court? Hearing closed and archived by OAH. Yes No Decision Order becomes Final Order. Final decision issued by the court.