WSR 05-08-124

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)

[ Filed April 5, 2005, 4:22 p.m. , effective June 1, 2005 ]


     

     Purpose: Amending WAC 388-410-0001 What is a cash/medical assistance overpayment? and 388-416-0005 How long can I get Basic Food?, to reflect department policy regarding establishing certification periods for Basic Food as well as overpayments for cash and medical programs.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-410-0001 and 388-416-0005.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-05-081 on February 15, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: March 31, 2005.

Andy Fernando, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

3513.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-05-010, filed 2/6/04, effective 3/8/04)

WAC 388-410-0001   What is a cash/medical assistance overpayment?   (1) An overpayment is any cash or medical assistance paid that is more than the assistance unit was eligible to receive.

     (2) There are two types of cash/medical overpayments:

     (a) Intentional overpayments, presumed to exist ((when the client)) if you willfully or knowingly:

     (i) ((Fails to report within twenty days a change in circumstances that affects eligibility)) Fail to report a change you must tell us about under WAC 388-418-0005 within the timeframes under WAC 388-418-0007; or

     (ii) ((Misstates or fails)) Misstate or fail to reveal a fact affecting eligibility as specified in WAC 388-446-0001.

     (b) Unintentional overpayments, which includes all other client-caused and all department-caused overpayments.

     (3) If you request a fair hearing and the fair hearing decision is in favor of the department, then:

     (a) Some or all of the continued assistance you get before the fair hearing decision must be paid back to the department (see WAC 388-418-0020); and

     (b) The amount of assistance you must pay back will be limited to sixty days of assistance, starting with the day after the department receives your hearing request.

     (4) If you receive child support payments directly from the noncustodial parent, you must turn these payments over to the division of child support (DCS). These payments are not cash assistance overpayments.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057. 04-05-010, § 388-410-0001, filed 2/6/04, effective 3/8/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and 7 C.F.R. 273.9 (d)(6). 99-24-131, § 388-410-0001, filed 12/1/99, effective 1/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-410-0001, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]

3514.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-19-134, filed 9/21/04, effective 10/1/04)

WAC 388-416-0005   How long can I get Basic Food?   (1) The length of time the department determines your assistance unit (AU) is eligible to get Basic Food is called a certification period. The department may certify your AU for up to:

     (a) Six months if your AU:

     (i) Includes an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) who receives Basic Food in your AU and your AU does not live in an exempt area as described in WAC 388-444-0030;

     (ii) Includes a person who receives ADATSA benefits as described in chapter 388-800 WAC;

     (iii) Is considered homeless under WAC 388-408-0050; or

     (iv) Includes a migrant or seasonal farmworker as described under WAC 388-406-0021.

     (b) Twenty-four months if ((everyone)) all adults in your AU ((is)) are elderly persons or individuals with disabilities and no one in your AU has earned income ((or cash assistance)).

     (c) Twelve months if your AU does not meet any of the conditions for six or twenty-four months.

     (2) If your AU is homeless or includes an ABAWD when you live in a nonexempt area, we may shorten your certification period.

     (3) We terminate your Basic Food benefits when:

     (a) We get proof of a change that makes your AU ineligible; or

     (b) We get information that your AU is ineligible; and

     (c) You do not provide needed information to verify your AU's circumstances.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, and 2004 c 54. 04-19-134, § 388-416-0005, filed 9/21/04, effective 10/1/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510. 03-22-039, § 388-416-0005, filed 10/28/03, effective 12/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.04.510. 01-11-107, § 388-416-0005, filed 5/21/01, effective 7/1/01; 99-16-024, § 388-416-0005, filed 7/26/99, effective 9/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-416-0005, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]

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