North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Subchapter W - GENERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Section .0600 - PAYMENT PROCEDURES
Section 71W .0604 - CORRECTION OF OVERPAYMENTS

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 71W .0604

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) If the recipient is not entitled to all or part of a payment which has been issued and fraud is not suspected, the county shall take all steps to recover any overpayment.

(b) A county may recoup a Work First overpayment from a recipient's Work First payment, on account of an overpayment made to the recipient's spouse, parent, child, sibling, or other person, only if the recipient, at the time the overpayment occurred, was:

(1) 18 years of age or older;

(2) living with the person; and

(3) part of the assistance unit.

(c) Overpayments shall be collected by the State as follows:

(1) voluntary repayment by grant reduction or recipient refund;

(2) involuntary repayment by grant reduction;

(3) if an overpayment occurs due to a county error in complying with federal or State law, the overpayment shall be recouped by the State;

(4) if an overpayment occurs due to a state or county processing error, the overpayment shall be recouped from the recipient if the recipient was provided notification of the amount of Work First they were eligible to receive; or

(5) if an overpayment occurs due to a state error in federal or State law, the overpayment shall be charged to the State.

Authority G.S. 108A-27; 143B-153; 45 C.F.R. 233.20;
Eff. February 1, 1984;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991; January 1, 1985;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2021.

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