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A. Verified upon receipt (VUR) is a term given to a state-prescribed list of specific information that comes directly from the primary source of the information and is free from question. B. Information that is considered VUR shall be acted upon for all households. Information considered VUR shall be acted on at the time of application, recertification, periodic report, and during a household’s certification period if the information causes a change in the SNAP benefit amount. A household shall not be convicted of fraud for not reporting a change in the information it is not required to report. C. Information considered VUR shall be considered verified unless the office has reason to believe that the information may be inaccurate. Advance notice of adverse action shall be given when acting on information that is considered VUR, except as noted in Section 4.608.1. D. The local office shall consider only the following information as VUR: 1. Social Security and SSI benefit amounts obtained from SSA. SSI and benefit amounts obtained from the SSA are considered reported and verified on the day the information is first known to the agency, either through the IEVS, SDX, BENDEX or another automated interface of information, whichever is sooner. 2. Death information received from the Burial Assistance program. Death information received from the Burial Assistance program is considered reported and verified on the day the information is first known to the agency. 3. Unemployment insurance benefits (UIB) that are reported through the IEVS and obtained through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The UIB information shall be considered reported and verified on the date of the IEVS notification. Advance notice of adverse action shall be given when acting on the change in information. 4. PA benefit amounts (Colorado Works, Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND) program consisting of AND-State Only (AND-SO) and AND-Colorado Supplement (AND-CS), Home Care Allowance (HCA), and Old Age Pension (OAP), obtained from the State Department. 5. Information that is reported and verified to a PA program which results in a change to the PA benefit amount and that meets SNAP verification requirements. Such information shall be considered reported and verified on the day the PA program processes the change and authorizes the new PA benefit amount. 6. Child support income and expense amounts obtained through the ACSES. Such information is considered reported and verified on the day the information is reported through an automated interface with ACSES. 7. Non-compliance information obtained from EF agencies of the failure of an ABAWD to meet work requirements. 8. Colorado IPVs. 9. Information obtained from the SAVE system regarding non-citizen status. 10. Changes in household composition that are reported and verified and result in one (1) or more members being removed from one (1) SNAP household and added to a new or existing SNAP household. Duplicate benefits shall not be issued for a particular individual when removing that individual from one SNAP household and adding them to a new SNAP household. 11. Changes in household composition that are reported and verified by child welfare agencies and result in a child being removed from one SNAP household and added to a new or existing SNAP household. 12. The disqualification of a household member who is determined to be a fleeing felon.