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PROVIDER DETERMINATIONS In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(18) a State agency must ensure that E&T providers are informed of their authority and responsibility to determine if an individual is ill-suited for a particular E&T component. Describe the process used by E&T providers to communicate provider determinations to the State agency. For provider determinations, the provider must notify the county agency within ten days. The state has not prescribed a manner in which to do this- it can be phone call, email, fax, etc. This allows flexibility for the provider and county to communicate effectively as determined by their need. The county agency will document in the case record the receipt of the provider determination. Describe how the State agency notifies clients of a provider determination. Once the county agency is notified of the provider determination, the county agency will notify the individual within ten days informing them of the provider determination. The notice can be verbal or in writing and is to include: • A description of the provider determination when available • The steps the county agency will take as a result of the determination • The contact information for the agency • Information that the individual is not being sanctioned as a result of the provider determination • Information that an ABAWD who receives a provider determination will accrue countable months towards their three-month time limit the next full benefit month after the month during which the county agency notifies the individual of the provider determination unless the individual: o Has met the ABAWD work requirements o Has established good cause o Is determined to be exempt Within ten days of the county agency notifying the individual of the provider determination (but no later than the next recertification), the county agency is to: ensure that the enrolled individual is suitable for assignment to one or more SNAP E&T components. If suitable for assignment, the E&T case manager is to update the participants case file in OBWP and make the assignment. If not suitable for assignment, the E&T case manager is to follow the disenrollment process described in 5101:4-9-06 of the Administrative Code. What is the timeframe for contacting clients after receiving a provider determination? 1-3 Days 4-7 Days 8-10 Days 1/29/26, 9:30 AM State Plan OH FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-ohfy26stateplan//index.html 45/121