PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
Date of Adoption: October 3, 2003.
Purpose: To correct a typographical error to the WAC reference in subsection (3) from WAC 388-468-0007 to 388-418-0007 and to update the name of the food assistance program from food stamps or food assistance to basic food.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-410-0030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-17-086 on August 19, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
December 1, 2003.
October 3, 2003
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
3290.1(a) The benefits your assistance unit (AU) received; and
(b) The benefits your AU should have received.
(2) To calculate the benefits your AU should have received, we determine what we would have authorized if we:
(a) Had correct and complete information; and
(b) Followed all the necessary procedures to determine your AU's eligibility and benefits.
(3) If you did not report your earned income as required
under WAC ((388-468-0007)) 388-418-0007, you do not get the
earned income disregard under WAC 388-450-0185 when we
calculate your overpayment amount.
(4) If you were underpaid Basic Food ((assistance))
benefits for a period of time, we will use these benefits to
reduce your overpayment if:
(a) We have not already issued you benefits to replace what you were underpaid; and
(b) We have not used this amount to reduce another overpayment.
(5) We set up an inadvertent household error or administrative error overpayment if:
(a) We discovered the overpayment through the quality control process;
(b) You currently get Basic Food ((assistance)) benefits;
or
(c) The overpayment is over one hundred twenty-five
dollars and you do not currently get Basic Food ((assistance))
benefits.
(6) We do not set up inadvertent household error or administrative error overpayment if:
(a) We cannot find the responsible AU members; or
(b) We have referred your inadvertent household error for prosecution or an administrative disqualification hearing and collecting the overpayment could negatively impact this process.
(7) We set up an intentional program violation overpayment based on the results of an administrative hearing (chapter 388-02 WAC) unless:
(a) Your AU has repaid the overpayment;
(b) We cannot find the responsible AU members; or
(c) We have referred your inadvertent household error for prosecution and collecting the overpayment could negatively impact this process.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 03-01-005, § 388-410-0030, filed 12/4/02, effective 2/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.057, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 7 C.F.R. 273.18. 02-06-090, § 388-410-0030, filed 3/1/02, effective 4/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510. 01-14-032, § 388-410-0030, filed 6/28/01, effective 8/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-410-0030, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]