9330 Client Requirements for Timeliness

9331 Application - The application for review must be received by the 15th day of the last month of the review period.  Households are given a minimum of 30 days to return any required review prior to discontinuance for failure to  provide per 9310.3.

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9333 Information/Verification -  Information/Verification - All information and/or verification shall be provided by the requested date. Clients must submit any required verification or additional information within 12 days from the date of the initial request in order to ensure the rights to uninterrupted benefits, provided the deadline to submit such verification does not occur prior to the date the application was timely filed.

Follow the verification requirements at initial application, 1322, except that citizenship, non-citizen status, providing an SSN, residency, and identity, do not have to be reverified unless a change has been reported or it is questionable.  

1.    For Passive and Super-Passive Reviews:   No additional verification is required to complete the review process unless the household reports a change.

2.    For Non-Passive/Pre-Populated Reviews:  The verification requirements for initial applications are applicable except for the following:

a.    Citizenship, non-citizen status, providing an SSN, residency, and identity – do not reverify unless a change has been reported or the information is questionable.

b.    Resources - Resources need not be reverified if the following requirements have been met:

i.  An application (other than a MIPPA application) or pre-populated review form was filed within the last 12 months;

ii.  Resources were verified within the last 12 months;

iii.  The reported value of all countable resources does not exceed 85% of the applicable resource limit;

iv.  There is no indication from either internal or external sources that there has been a change in resources, such as a resource no longer exists, there is a new resource, or a potential or actual transfer has occurred; and

v.  There are no resources that are being monitored for continued exempt status, including countable resources with no market value, resources that are exempt due to a legal impediment, real property that is exempt due to a bona fide effort to sell, real property that is unavailable because sale of the property would cause loss of housing for a joint owner, and resources that are exempt for a specified period of time, such as a retroactive SSA/SSI payment for 9 months.

vi.  In addition, this policy does not apply and reverification of resources at review is required when there is a trust (countable or exempt), there is countable life insurance, and/or there is a community spouse.

vii.  If all resources have been verified within the last 3 months (i.e.: current month plus the last two months), the 85% countable resource threshold does not apply.  Instead, as long as countable resources are within the allowable resource limit, and all other policy criteria described above are met, reverification of resources is not required.

viii.  If the requirements of this policy are met, the self-attested value of liquid resources provided from the consumer and the previously verified value of all other resources shall be used.

If the above conditions have not been met, reverification of all resources is required.  The standard verification process for an initial application applies.  Except, verification of bank accounts [excluding Direct Express accounts – see 1322.1(9)(c)] for pre-populated reviews that fail to meet the policy requirements described above shall be requested through the electronic Asset Verification Solution (AVS).  Verification from the consumer shall be requested if a response has not been received from AVS within ten (10) calendar days.

Note:  When applying the 85% countable resource threshold, income known to be deposited into a countable financial account shall first be deducted from that account in determining the countable resource value.