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2. RCW staff will reject the referral and submit the referral, thoroughly documenting the reason for the potential claim, via email to their Public Assistance Program Specialist (PAPS) to refer to MSBB.
3. MSBB will review the referral and determine if a claim is valid.
a. If MSBB determines a claim is not valid, a response will be sent back to the PAPS advising of their findings and case comments will need to be updated accordingly.
b. If a claim is to be established, MSBB will complete the check endorsement verification and forward form PAFS-431, Claim Referral, to the Claims Management Section (CMS) to enter on the Benefit Recovery Module.
Once CMS receives the form PAFS-431 to establish the State Supplementation claim and enters the claim on the Benefit Recovery module, the completed PAFS-431 will be scanned into the claim ECF.]
O. SAFE claims are investigated by SAFE workers and referred directly to CMS by completing and forwarding form PAFS-431 to CMS for claim establishment. After the claim is established on the Benefit Recovery module, CMS staff will scan the completed PAFS-431 into the claim ECF.