Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 1545.35 The Redetermination Process - Timeliness Requirements

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-2 1545.35 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC The Redetermination Process AABD _______________________________________________________________ MA Subject: FS Timeliness Required ______________________________________________________________________________

1545.35 A. Uninterrupted Benefits (FS)

1. Assistance units are provided benefits without interruption by the first normal issuance date following the redetermination month if they timely complete the required actions of the redetermination process.

2. The following actions must be timely completed in order to receive uninterrupted benefits:

a. The redetermination form must be filed and completed; and

b. The office interview must be completed, unless exempt from the requirement; and

c. Required verification of factors that are conditions of eligibility must be provided.

B. Timely Filing of the Redetermination Form (All Programs)

1. An assistance unit must submit the redetermination form by the following date in order to be considered timely filed.

a. FS non-monthly reporting assistance units that are certified for one or two months and issued the redetermination notice at the time of certification must file by the fifteenth day after the date the redetermination notice is issued;

b. All other PA and FS non-monthly reporting assistance units must file by the fifteenth day of the redetermination month;

c. Monthly reporting assistance units must file by the day of the redetermination month that the monthly report form is normally due.

2. The assistance unit is considered to have timely filed if by the filing deadline the redetermination form is:

a. delivered in person or by mail to the appropriate district office, or for SSI assistance units being redetermined for food stamps, to an SSA office; and

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-2 1545.35 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC The Redetermination Process AABD _______________________________________________________________ MA Subject: FS Timeliness Required ______________________________________________________________________________

1545.35 B. 2. Timely Filing of the Redetermination Form (All Programs)(continued)

b. complete to the extent that a legible name and address appear on the form; and

c. signed by the applicant or other qualified individual.

C. Interviews (AFDC, FS)

An assistance unit has timely completed the interview requirement if it appears for any interview by the later of the following dates:

1. the date scheduled by the Department; or

2. the deadline for filing the redetermination form.

D. Verification (All Programs)

Required verification has been timely submitted if it is provided to the appropriate district office by the later of the following dates:

1. the deadline for filing the redetermination form; or

2. ten days following the date the verification is initially requested by the Department.