Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 372 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES AND SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subchapter F - BENEFITS
Division 2 - OVERPAYMENTS
Section 372.1551 - TANF Overpayments
Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 372.1551
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A TANF overpayment may occur because of:
(1) a Texas
Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) error;
(2) a household error; or
(3) an intentional program
violation.
(b) TANF households must repay any benefits they were not entitled to receive.
(c) For overpayments resulting from a change in circumstances in an active case, the first month of overpayment is the first month in which a change would have been effective had it been reported and processed in a timely manner. This can be no later than two months after the month the change occurred.
(d) HHSC collects overpayments from TANF households:
(1) by check or money order; or
(2) by withholding a portion of benefits the
household would otherwise receive.
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