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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

Section 385.2 – Page 5

Rev. 4/2025 any medically appropriate tests and specify any work limitation of the individual; and/or ii) may refer the individual to a health care practitioner certified by the New York State Office of Disability Determinations (hereinafter referred to as the district's practitioner) for a determination of the individual's medical condition; (a) If the social services official refers an individual to the district's practitioner prior to such individual submitting documentation from the individual's practitioner, the individual shall make his/her best efforts to bring the documentation to the examination by the district's practitioner, so that it may be reviewed as a part of the examination; (b) In such instances, any documentation available from the individual’s practitioner must be submitted to the district's practitioner no later than four days after the examination, provided that in no instance shall such time period exceed 10 calendar days from the notification set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, or the district's practitioner will not be required to consider it as a part of the evidence used to determine the individual's medical condition. 3) In evaluating an individual's claim of a physical or mental impairment, the social services official shall have sole discretion in determining whether any documentation provided by the individual or the individual's practitioner is sufficient evidence of the claimed or declared impairment. 4) In evaluating the initial claim of a mental or physical impairment made by an applicant, or the continuing claim of a medical impairment made by a recipient who has been previously determined exempt from participation in work activities, the social services official may require the individual to cooperate with measures to verify such claim and/or to submit documentation as described in subparagraph (2)(i) of this subdivision as a condition of eligibility for public assistance and SNAP in accordance with the requirements of Parts 351 and 387 of this Title. Failure of such documentation to substantiate the claimed impairment shall not itself cause the individual to be ineligible for public assistance. 5) In evaluating the ongoing claim of a mental or physical impairment made by an individual who has been determined by the social services official not to be exempt after a determination made in accordance with the requirements of this section, the social services official may require the individual to provide additional documentation from the individual's practitioner. Such individual remains nonexempt until and unless a different determination is made by the social services official. 6) i) In the absence of any claim of mental or physical impairment on the part of the individual, if the social services official suspects that such individual has a mental or physical impairment, the social services official shall refer the individual to the social