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MISSISSIPPI
[HEARING PROCESS: STATE HEARING]
Revised 03-01-12
The state hearings officer shall review the agency conference record to determine: 1. Whether the record contains the essential information on the eligibility factors involved. 2. That the summary of the agency conference contains a resume of the information which the individual brought out at the agency conference. 3. That the decision of the county director/designee was based on the evidence in the agency conference record and was in line with appropriate policy and regulation. If the state hearings officer finds that the local decision was correct, he will prepare a decision summarizing the issue and the basis for the decision. For instances in which the state hearings officer finds that the facts in the record are inadequate or that incorrect policy has been applied, he will direct the county to get the facts or use correct policy and change the decision, reinstate the payment, or correct the amount of payment retroactively to the date of erroneous action.