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382 Section 18.8 Scheduling the Fair Hearing: A phrase has been added to specify that a copy of the hearing notification will also be sent to the certification worker, supervisor and county director in both the residence county as well as the county where the action was taken. Section 18.9 Fair Hearing Process: This section has been revised to include fair hearing procedures for the Regional Specialized Workload (RSW) process. Section 18.12 Fair Hearing Decision (2) Notification: A phrase has been added to specify that a copy of the hearing decision will also be sent to the certification worker, supervisor and county director in both the residence county as well as the county where the action was taken. Section 19.1 Definition of the South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP): SCCAP thresholds/opt out limits for shelter high and shelter low have been adjusted. Section 23.3 Classification of Recipient Claims (2) Inadvertent Household Error: This section has been reformatted for clarity by eliminating item “C” and creating a separate paragraph for this information. Volume 21 March 2013 Section 5.1 Verification Prior to Certification (9) Medical expenses: A sentence was added explaining how to treat non-recurring medical expenses. Section 6.6 Processing Standards for Expedited Service: Added verbiage that clarifies that both the interview and the processing of the application must be completed within the expedited timeframe. Section 6.8 Certification Periods for Expedited Households: The word “postponed” has been added for clarity. Section 7.4 Students (1) Applicability: A box has been added to provide hints for determining if someone is subject to student eligibility criteria. Section 11.5 Unearned Income (OO) Social Security benefits: This section has been corrected regarding recoupments and a link added to clarify how to treat recouped Social Security income. Section 11.5 Unearned Income (PP) Supplemental Security Income benefits: A link has been added to clarify how to treat recouped Supplemental Security Income. An exception was added to indicate the field on SDX that should be used when making a SCCAP eligibility determination. Section 11.5 Unearned Income (RR) Third party payments/vendor payments: An exception has been added to exclude from the SNAP budget of a military retiree, income diverted to an ex-spouse under the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act. Section 11.6 Income Exclusions (L): Income exclusion has been added where income diverted to an ex- spouse under the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act in the budget of a military retiree is excluded. Section 12.8 Excess Medical Deduction: The phrase “out-of-pocket” was added for clarity.