Usually anyone who meets the SDP suspension criteria will generally already have their
benefits suspended under the routine prisoner suspension rules (LAF S7 RFST PRISON).
This is true because the first criteria for SDP suspension is that the individual
has to have been confined in a jail, prison or other penal facility pursuant to a
conviction of a criminal offense.
Before reinstating benefits to anyone whose benefits have been suspended under routine
prisoner provisions, you should ask the beneficiary for the beneficiary's current
mailing and residence address. If the current mailing or residence address is one
of the institutions mentioned above, you must determine if the individual meets the
SDP suspension criteria outlined in GN KC02607.360A.
If benefits cannot be reinstated because the individual now meets the SDP suspension
criteria, send a prisoner 2795 FAX to the appropriate PSC requesting that the RFST
code be changed to PREDTR (see GN 02607.995).
RFST Code
An RFST code of PREDTR is displayed in the BENEFIT line of the MBR for all individuals
whose benefits are suspended because they meet the suspension criteria outlined in
A. above.