When Income and Allowable Income Deductions are Verified and Changed 400-28-75-50

(Revised 10/1/16 ML #3477)

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NDAC 75-02-01.3-07

 

Verification of gross income and allowable income deductions for all household members is required at application, review, or when a case changes from Waived Co-pay (Crossroads, Diversion, TANF or Transition) to Co-pay.

 

In an ongoing case, changes in gross income or allowable income deductions for existing household members are not acted upon, except in the following situations:

• There is a reduction in income that results in a decreased co-payment. Decreases in income are only acted on when the household verifies that the reduced income will continue. Reduced income will not be allowed when the household voluntarily reduces their activity hours for an allowable activity. Decreased income can be acted on when the household loses a job and then has a new job, when the employer reduces work hours without consent of the household, or when a household was working and then ends employment to attend an education activity.
  
  
• The household’s monthly gross income, minus allowable deductions, exceeds the highest income level for the household size. In these situations, the case must be closed due to excess income.

Note: If the household does not anticipate that the income will continue to exceed the income limit for the household size, the household must provide verification of anticipated income and deductions.

When adding a household member, only the new household member must verify their gross income and allowable deductions. No changes in income or deductions are made for existing household members, unless one of the situations listed above applies.