44-353 DISCHARGING OVERPAYMENT

.1 Discharge Discharge means end-dating an overpayment without the possibility of further collection in any automated system.

.2 Mass Overpayments A mass overpayment is an overpayment caused by the same action or inaction that impacts eight percent of the CWD caseload or more than 1,000 CalWORKs AUs within the county, whichever is greater.

.3 CWDs shall report to the Department when a mass overpayment has been identified. The mass overpayment report shall identify, at minimum, whether the mass overpayment is known to have been caused by either of the following:

.31 Negligence on the part of the CWD in the determination of eligibility for CalWORKs AUs which includes, but is not limited to, oversight or misapplication of CalWORKs regulations and policies resulting in overpaid benefits for either eight percent of the CWD caseload, or more than 1,000 CalWORKs AUs within the county, whichever is greater; or

.32 A major systemic error by the Department or CWD which includes, but is not limited to, an issue in the Statewide Automated Welfare System resulting in overpaid benefits for either eight percent of the CWD caseload or more than 1,000 CalWORKs AUs within the county, whichever is greater.

.4 Upon the identification of a mass overpayment, the CWD shall notify the Department and provide information including but not limited to the following: County name, date of the occurrence of the overpayment, number of cases affected, reason for the mass overpayment, and total amount of the mass overpayment. The Department shall approve the discharging of the mass overpayment when the department verifies that the overpayment was caused by negligence or major systemic error pursuant to Section 44-353.3.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553, 10554 and 18910(a) Welfare and Institutions Code; and Senate Bill 726 (Chapter 930, Statutes of 2018). Reference: Section 11004, Welfare and Institutions Code; Senate Bill 726 (Chapter 930, Statutes of 2018) and Senate Bill 80 (Chapter 27, Statutes of 2019)

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