New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 106 - STATE FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Part 431 - PRE CERTIFIED VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Section 8.106.431.12 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.106.431.12

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. Department responsibilities: The department or its designee shall inform the benefit group of its responsibility to report changes. Appropriate action shall be taken to determine if the change affects eligibility or benefit amount. The date the change is reported and the action taken shall be documented. In some circumstances the department shall request clarification during a certification period whenever information becomes known to the department indicating a possible change in a benefit group's circumstances that may affect eligibility or benefit amount. Circumstances that may require follow-up review include, but are not limited to:

(1) cooperation with law enforcement or prosecution of the person charged with the crime of human trafficking; and

(2) verification and status of application for federal certification of victim of human trafficking.

B. Benefit group responsibilities at application: A benefit group must report all changes affecting eligibility and benefit amount that may have occurred since the date the application was filed and before the date of the interview. Changes occurring after the interview, but before the date of the approval notice, must be reported by the benefit group within 10 days of the date the change becomes known to the benefit group.

C. Responsibility to report: Within 10 days of the date the change becomes known to the benefit group, a recipient of the pre-certified victims of human trafficking cash assistance is required to report the following changes:

(1) a benefit group's income in excess of 85 percent of federal poverty guidelines for the size of the benefit group;

(2) a benefit group, or the department receives evidence that the eligible recipient has received the federal certification of a victim of human trafficking by the federal office of refugee resettlement;

(3) the victim of human trafficking is no longer cooperating with law enforcement or the prosecution of the person charged with the crime of human trafficking;

(4) the benefit group has moved from the state or intends to move from the state on a specific date;

(5) a benefit group requests closure; or

(6) the department receives documented evidence that the head of benefit group has died.

D. Effective date of change: Changes to eligibility based on reported changes shall be effective pursuant to 8.106.630.9 NMAC.

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