006.02(G)(iv) REDUCTION AND TERMINATION AFTER CONTINUANCE.

Once benefits are continued or reinstated, the Department will not reduce or terminate benefits before the hearing decision unless one of the following conditions occurs: (a) The certification period expires. The household may reapply and may be determined eligible for a new certification period with a benefit amount determined by the Department; (b) The household or its representative orally withdraws its request for a fair hearing and does not advise the agency of its desire to reinstate the fair hearing request within the required time frame; (c) The hearing official makes a preliminary determination, in writing and at the hearing, that the sole issue is one of federal law or regulation and that the household’s claim that the Department improperly computed the benefits or misinterpreted or misapplied such law or regulation is invalid; (d) A change affecting the household’s eligibility or basis of issuance occurs while the hearing decision is pending and the household fails to request a hearing after the subsequent notice of adverse action; or (e) A mass change affecting the eligibility or basis of issuance occurs.