New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 87 - NEW JERSEY SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (NJ SNAP) MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES
Section 10:87-6.15 - Anticipating medical expenses

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:87-6.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A household eligible for the excess medical deduction shall be allowed, at the time of certification, to report and verify medical expenses which its qualified members expect to incur during the certification period.

(b) If a household reports an anticipated medical expense at the time of certification, but is unable to provide any verification to substantiate that anticipated expense, the household shall be told that the expense will be allowed when the verification is provided during the certification period.

1. The NJ SNAP-33, Notice of Required Verification, shall be used to advise the household of the information which is needed (see 10:87-2.22(d)3 ).

(c) If the household can provide verification as to the reasonableness of the anticipated expense, then the expense will be allowed beginning at the time of certification.

(d) Households reporting one-time only medical expenses during their certification period may elect to have a one-time deduction or to have the expense averaged over the remaining months of their certification period. Averaging would begin the month the change becomes effective.

1. For a household certified for 24 months that has a one-time medical expense, the CWAs shall use the following procedure. In averaging any one-time medical expense incurred by a household during the first 12 months, the case worker shall give the household the option of deducting the expense for one month, averaging the expense over the remainder of the first 12 months in the certification period, or averaging the expense over the remaining months in the certification period. One-time expenses reported after the 12th of the month of the certification period will be deducted in one month or averaged over the remaining months in the certification period, at the household's option.

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