d. Decreasing Benefits or Terminating Payments

Changes that cause payments to be reduced or terminated shall take effect on the following dates, unless otherwise specified in this section: the date the action is taken if advance notice is not required; or the day after the notice of adverse action expires if advance notice is required; or within ten days of the date of an administrative hearing decision if action was delayed pending the hearing, and the department’s decision is upheld.

Increased fees shall take effective on the first day of the family’s next redetermination period pursuant to subsection (f) of section 17b-749-13 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

If benefits are terminated because a child reaches the maximum age limit for the program, payments shall end on last day of the month in which the child turns age thirteen, or age nineteen for a child with special needs. Eligibility shall continue for the family unless there are no other eligible children in the home.