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736 Chapter 3:Processes and procedures • Section 5: Program integrity (07/2026) forwarded to ORU. ODHS|OHA reduces current benefits to collect an overpayment only as follows: • For OSIPM, ODHS|OHA may recover an overpayment by reducing cash medical related payments by the lesser of the following:

Š The total overpayment amount

Š The total benefit amount, or

Š Ten percent of the individual’s total benefit requirement at the standard of need. • In the REF, SFPSS and TANF programs:

Š Allow only half of the 50 percent earned income deduction described in Earned Income Deduction; REF, REFM, and TANF (OAR 461-160-0160)

Š Reduce the benefit payment by 10 percent of the total benefit requirement of the benefit group (see Benefit Group, OAR 461-110-0750) at the appropriate program payment standard. The reduced benefit payment after such reduction, when combined with all other income (before allowing the 50 percent earned income deduction), may not be less than 90 percent of the benefit group’s adjusted income payment standard for a family with no income. In the TANF program, the cooperation incentive (see TANF Cooperation Incentive Payment, OAR 461-135-0210) is not included in the calculations prescribed by this paragraph. Recovery by a reduction in benefits will end when benefits are: • Suspended or ended • Converted to medical only, where there is no financial eligibility, or • For TANF, under $10. The case will remain open with a zero monthly benefit. No overpayment recovery credit will be allowed for the amount of money the benefit group did not receive because it was under the $10 limit. In such cases, the recovery resource code must be on UCMS so that overpayment records will not show a reduction of the overpayment balance(s). The benefit group may voluntarily repay cash program overpayments using cash benefits over and above any mandatory benefit reduction. When benefits are used as repayment, ODHS|OHA will complete a Voluntary Agreement to Take Action on Case (MSC 0457D) form and an Overpayment/Overissuance Change Report (MSC 0284A) form. The EBT card issuer must adjust the EBT account accordingly. The individual and worker must sign the MSC 0457D or the MSC 0284A for the dollar amount. Send completed forms to ORU. In the SNAP program, ODHS|OHA collects an overpayment from a liable member of a filing group participating in the SNAP program by reducing the food benefits allotment of the benefit group each month as follows: • For an overpayment caused by an individual’s error (see Definitions and Categories of Overpayments, OAR 461-195-0501) or administrative error, 10 percent of the group’s monthly allotment or $10 a month, whichever is greater. • For an overpayment caused by an IPV (see Intentional Program Violation Defined, OAR 461-195-0601), 20 percent of the group’s monthly entitlement or $20 a month, whichever is greater. In the child care programs: