(a) When an
application is made to include an individual and the individual is
prospectively determined eligible to be added to the assistance unit, the
department shall determine the amount of financial assistance as follows:
(1) Determine the new standard of assistance
which includes the needs of the existing family members and the individual
being added;
(2) Include the income
prospectively of the individual being added pursuant to sections 17-676-51 and
17-680-10.1;
(3) Determine the
amount of the full month's financial assistance entitlement the family is
eligible to receive which includes the needs and income of the individual being
added for the month the individual is added;
(4) Determine the difference between the
amount obtained in paragraph (3) and the amount of the full month's financial
assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive prior to
the individual being added; and
(5)
Determine the amount of the corrective payment or overpayment by multiplying
the amount obtained in paragraph (4) by the ratio of thirty-one minus the
calendar day the individual is eligible to be added, divided by a standard
thirty day month. The department shall take the decimal quotient, obtained in
calculating the ratio, to an accuracy of four decimal places and drop the
remaining decimals. For example, when an individual is added on the tenth of a
month and the difference obtained in paragraph (4) is $40, the corrective
payment or overpayment would be $28 (31 minus 10 = 21 divided by 30 = .7000 x
$40 = $28).
(A) When the amount obtained in
paragraph (3) is greater than the amount of the full month's financial
assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive prior to
the individual being added, the family shall be eligible to receive a
corrective payment.
(B) When the
amount obtained in paragraph (3) is less than the amount of the full month's
financial assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive
prior to the individual being added, the family shall be considered
overpaid.
(b)
The department shall not continue to deem the income of an individual living in
the same home and not included in the financial assistance payment effective
the month the individual is included in the financial assistance payment. The
department shall follow the rules in subsection (a) to determine the family's
eligibility and amount of financial assistance payment for the month the
individual is added.
(c) When an
individual leaves the assistance unit, the department shall:
(1) Include the recipient's needs in the
financial assistance payment the month the individual leaves the assistance
unit provided the recipient was eligible on the first of the payment
month.
(2) Exclude the individual's
needs when the individual is not a member of the assistance unit on the first
of the month; and
(3) Exclude the
individual's income when the individual's income is not used to determine
eligibility for the payment month.
