Establishing Claims 430-05-80-20

(Revised 08/01/07 ML3095)

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For administrative errors and inadvertent household errors, the worker must establish a claim for any overissuance for a maximum of 12 months from the month the worker becomes aware of the overissuance.

All claims must be established before the last day of the quarter following the quarter in which the overpayment or trafficking incident was discovered. The date of discovery is defined as the date the worker first suspects a household:

received more benefits than it was entitled to; or
may have misused their benefits.

Exception:

Corrective action as a result of a Quality Control review must be completed within 30 days of receiving the Quality Control finding.

The date and the source of discovery must be recorded on the OVCA screen. The source of discovery codes are:

AG - Agency

IV - IEVS

QC - Quality Control

OS - Other Source