LATE REDETERMINATIONS

When a client fails to return his or her redetermination packet by the last day of the month of the expiring eligibility period, the client's case shall be discontinued following the policies outlined in Section 3.554. A. If the client returns the redetermination packet within thirty (30) calendar days after discontinuation, the following processing requirements shall be implemented: 1. If the client has good cause, the client's grant payments shall be reinstated. There shall be no break in the client's grant payments. The county department will have ten (10) days to act on such redeterminations, to include scheduling and conducting the interview when required and requesting any necessary verification. The county must make an eligibility decision on redetermination forms received within thirty

(30) calendar days after discontinuation within thirty (30) days from receipt of such redetermination. 2. If the client does not have good cause, the county department shall use the redetermination packet as a new application. An interview is required and traditional verification methods must be used. The date of the new application shall be the date the county department received the redetermination packet. There shall be a break in the client's grant payments. B. If the client returns the redetermination packet thirty-one (31) or more days after the discontinuation, the county department shall require the client to complete a new application. This will result in a break in the client's grant payments.