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Volume IIA OMTL-511 SNAP Work Requirements R. 6/1/17 MS 4450 IMPOSING WORK-RELATED DISQUALIFICATIONS (1) A. Impose the appropriate work related disqualification once noncompliance is verified. Imposing a work related disqualification has the following effect on the member: 1. The disqualification begins the month the adverse notice is effective; 2. Only the member is disqualified, and the disqualification follows the member; 3. The member’s income and resources continue to count toward the remaining household members; and 4. [A notice is generated to the household explaining the number of months disqualified, how it affects the benefits, the right to a hearing, and requirements to reapply once the disqualification period ends. B. If the household requests a hearing after being disqualified, the member may request that benefits be continued. See Volume I, MS 0490.] If the Agency is affirmed as a result of the hearing, the disqualification is imposed prospectively (ongoing), and a claim is not filed for the months benefits were continued. If the disqualification cannot be imposed prospectively, a claim is appropriate for benefits received while the hearing decision was pending. The reasons a disqualification would not be imposed prospectively may include the member’s SNAP eligibility was not continued for other reasons, or the member may be exempt from work registration. C. An agency error claim exists if a disqualification is not imposed TIMELY due to the agency's delay and the member becomes exempt work registration prior to imposing the disqualification. D. Disqualifications are imposed regardless of the active or inactive status of the case or county. The member must have been in receipt of benefits at the time the noncompliance occurred to impose the disqualification. E. Separate work related disqualifications are NOT imposed simultaneously. Each disqualification must first be served and then cured, and eligibility reestablished before another disqualification can be imposed. F. Document comments regarding the circumstances of all work related disqualifications.