1707 Changes Reported During the Certification Period that Change the Reporting

Requirements A. Simplified Reporting to Six-Month Reporting 1. Increase in Benefits If a household in which all adult household members are elderly or disabled with no earned income, reports a change during the certification period that causes a change in reporting requirements and increase in benefits, the household should be notified of the change in reporting requirements within 10 days. See Section 1701. This change is effective the month following the month the household is notified. The automated system must be updated promptly to reflect this change in reporting requirements. If there are more than six months remaining in the certification period, the household should receive a six-month report form. For example: A simplified reporting household is certified from February through January. The household reports a change in April which triggers six-month reporting. Notification is sent to the household in April advising the household that effective May their household is required to six-month report. An automated notice will be mailed to the household in June (report month) if the coding is changed to six-month before June 15. If there are less than six months remaining in the certification period, the household will not receive a six-month report form. Six-month reporting requirements as stated in Section 1700 will apply. The automated system must be updated promptly to reflect this change in reporting requirements. Simplified reporting households, which include a child that will become an adult (turns 19) during the certification period, will remain a simplified reporting household during the certification period unless the household voluntarily reports a change during the certification period or the agency otherwise becomes aware of a change that will trigger six-month reporting. These cases will not have to be tracked due to age changes that would result in six-month reporting during the certification. 2. Decrease in Benefits If a household reports a change during the certification period that causes a change in reporting requirements and a decrease in benefits the household should be notified of the change in reporting requirements within 10 days. See Section 1701. The change in reporting requirements will be effective the month following the month the household is notified. However, the decrease in benefits will not be effective until the six-month report is received or recertification, whichever is earlier. The automated system must be updated promptly to reflect this change in reporting requirements. For example, a household in which all adult members are elderly or disabled with no earned income reported during the certification period that their 20 year-old son has moved into the home. He is working; his earnings will not cause the household to exceed the 130% of poverty level, but will cause a decrease in the household’s allotment and the household to become six-month reporter. Within 10 days notify the household of the change in reporting requirements and update the automated system to reflect the change in reporting requirements. Do not include the son and his income until the six month report form is received or at recertification, whichever is earlier. B. Six-Month Reporting to Simplified Reporting 1. Increase in Benefits If a six-month reporting household reports a change during the certification period that causes a change in reporting requirements and an increase in benefits, the household should be notified of the change reporting requirements within 10 days. See Section 1702. This change is effective the month following the month the household is notified. The automated system must be updated promptly to reflect this change in reporting requirements. Six-month reporting households with members who become elderly (turn 60) during the certification period will remain in the six-month system until recertification unless the household voluntarily reports a change during the certification period or the agency otherwise becomes aware of a change that removes a household from six-month reporting prior to recertification. For example: A six-month reporting household with no earned income, whose only adult member becomes age 60 during the certification period. These particular cases will not have to be tracked due to the age change during the certification period. For those households who no longer meet the six-month reporting criteria, the following actions shall be taken in addition to processing the change: a) The change in reporting requirements is effective the month following the month the household is notified. b) Within 10 days of the report, advise the household of the change in reporting requirements. c) Change the reporting status on SCI-II. 2. Decrease in Benefits If a household reports a change during the certification period that causes a change in reporting requirements and a decrease in benefits the household should be notified of the change in reporting requirements within 10 days. See Section 1702. The change in reporting requirements will be effective the month following the month the household is notified. However, the decrease in benefits will not be effective until recertification. The automated system must be updated promptly to reflect this change in reporting requirements.