Fair hearing –The purpose of the fair hearing/appeal is to allow a client to protest a negative action taken by a worker or a failure to act in relation to benefits administered by AFS.  Policy regarding this term is located at:

• DHS Fair Hearing rules:
  • 340:2-5-60 Legal Basis
  • 340:2-5-61 Client hearings conducted by the Appeals Unit
  • 340:2-5-62 Definitions
  • 340:2-5-63 Time
  • 340:2-5-64 Hearing request
  • 340:2-5-65 Explanations by the local office when a client or authorized representative indicates that a hearing is desired
  • 340:2-5-66 Hearing summary
  • 340:2-5-67 Appeals Unit action following hearing request receipt
  • 340:2-5-68 Communications with the administrative hearing officer (AHO)
  • 340:2-5-69 Local office contact with client after hearing notice receipt
  • 340:2-5-70 Hearing continuance, withdrawal, and dismissal
  • 340:2-5-71 Presence of Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) employees or DHS records at hearings
  • 340:2-5-72 Hearing issue, standard of review, and burden of proof
  • 340:2-5-73 Hearing procedures
  • 340:2-5-74 Evidence
  • 340:2-5-75 Reopened hearings
  • 340:2-5-76 Hearing decision
  • 340:2-5-77 Action by local office following receipt of decision
  • 340:2-5-78 Administrative disqualification hearings
  • 340:2-5-79 Telephonic hearings
  • 340:2-5-80 Director review of administrative hearing officer (AHO) decision
  • 340:2-5-81 General authority of the appeals unit supervisor and administrative hearing officer
• Child Care Subsidy:
  • 340:40-3-1. Application process;
  • 340:40-5-1. Plan of service; and
  • 340:40-9-3. Notices regarding child care eligibility.
• LIHEAP:
  • 340:20-1-12. Applications; and
  • 340:20-1-15. Other procedures.
• Public Assistance Procedures (all programs):
  • 340:65-1-2. Confidential nature of case material;
  • 340:65-3-1. Determination of eligibility;
  • 340:65-3-5. Application process;
  • 340:65-3-7. Denial of application;
  • 340:65-5-1. Case changes;
  • 340:65-9-1. Scope and applicability;
  • 340:65-9-2. Overpayments by classification;
  • 340:65-9-6. Development of repayment.
• Refugee Resettlement Program
  • 340:60-1-6. Program eligibility and procedures.
• SNAP:
  • 340:50-1-9. Rights and responsibilities;
  • 340:50-5-94. Penalty for voluntary quit;
  • 340:50-9-3. Certification and denial notice information;
  • 340:50-9-5. Changes after application and during the certification period;
  • 340:50-11-46. Restoration of lost benefits;
  • 340:50-13-2. Hearing based on any action relating to a food benefit or case;
  • 340:50-15-1. Scope and applicability;
  • 340:50-15-4. Overpayments by classification; and
• SoonerCare (Medicaid)[ABD]:
  • 317:35-5-41.8. Eligibility regarding long-term care services;
  • 317:35-9-68. Determining financial eligibility for care in an ICF/IID (public and private), for HCBW/IID services, and for persons age 65 or older in mental health hospitals;
  • 317:35-17-11. Determining financial eligibility for ADvantage program services; and
  • 317:35-19-21. Determining financial eligibility for care in NF.
• SSP:
  • 340:15-1-4. State Supplemental Payment plan; and
  • 340:15-3-1. Eligibility and available services.
• TANF:
  • 340:10-1-3. State Plan for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
  • 340:10-2-2. Sanction process; and
  • 340:10-10-2. Physical or mental incapacity of the natural or adoptive parent.