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Page 12 of 14 § 10:71-2.2 Responsibilities in the application process uncooperative spouse pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.3(c). Camden County Bd. of Social Serv., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 6383-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 759, Initial Decision (November 20, 2014). Where the representatives of a Medicaid applicant failed to request additional time to obtain and provide additional materials requested by a board of social services, the agency cannot be said to have erred in not allowing additional time because it was not requested. Nor was there any showing of "exceptional circumstances" that would justify a grant of additional time. J.B. v. DMAHS and Cape May Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 9983-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1311, Final Administrative Determination (November 14, 2014). Denial by the Sussex County Board of Social Services (Agency) of an application for Medicaid benefits by the long-term care facility from which the applicant received care was unreasonable because the facility did not fail to provide the Agency with verification information under N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.2(e). The facility submitted the requested documentation concerning the disability retirement, health benefits, or early reduced benefits from the Motion Picture Industry that were applied for, and the problem presented was that the denial letter from Motion Picture Industry was not clear. This confusion very easily could have been clarified if the Agency had persisted in its attempts to speak to a representative of the Motion Picture Industry. H.M. v. Sussex County Bd. of Social Serv., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 04381-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 739, Initial Decision (November 14, 2014). Failure by a Medicaid applicant to notify a county board of social services that she had changed her address was the reason that the agency could not locate the applicant and thus properly terminated her benefits. That being so, the board's action in terminating the benefits was proper. F.H. v. DMAHS et al., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 09702-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1329, Final Administrative Determination (November 6, 2014). Hudson County Board of Social Services properly terminated a Medicaid recipient pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:71- 2.2(d). Her failure to provide the agency with an address where she could be contacted and her failure to provide the post office with a forwarding address resulted in her not being able to be located. F.H. v. Hudson County Bd. of Social Serv., OAL DKT. NO. HMA09702-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 534, Initial Decision (November 2, 2014). When an applicant did not provide sufficient verification documentation for the Union County Board of Social Services to consider her application as required by N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.2(e)1 and N.J.A.C. 10:71-3.1(b), she could not be considered eligible for Medicaid benefits. The Board notified the applicant by letter on at least two occasions of the verification documentation that was needed to establish her eligibility, but she failed to prove the entire PA-5 report. N.R. v. Union Cnty. Bd. of Social Serv., OAL DKT. No. HMA 07734-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 449, Initial Decision (July 30, 2014). When an applicant failed to provide the Camden County Board of Social Services with verification documentation that was appropriately requested, the Board properly denied his application for Medicaid Only benefits pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.2(e)2. He had not provided documentation indicating that he had not applied for retirement benefits or that he was not eligible for same. Also, he had not supplied sufficient documentation informing the Board how he covered his daily expenses. Thus, the Board was not effectively able to determine financial eligibility. R.E. v. Camdenn Cnty. Bd. of Social Serv., OAL Dkt. No. HMA 4310-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 373, Initial Decision (June 30, 2014). Denial of an application for Medicaid was affirmed when the applicant failed to provide verification of his address in the form requested pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:70-2.3(a)1, N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.2(e)2, and N.J.A.C. 10:72-2.3(b). A letter from the landlord that was almost a year old was too old to verify the applicant's current address. A.M. v. Union Cnty. Bd. of Social Serv., OAL Dkt. No. HMA 07033-14, 2014 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 346, Initial Decision (July 16, 2014). When an applicant failed to provide sufficient verification pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.2(e)2 for the Camden County Board of Social Services (CCBSS) to consider her application, she could not be considered eligible for Medicaid benefits. CCBSS notified the applicant's Power of Attorney (POA) several times of the verification documentation that was needed in order to establish eligibility, and the POA conceded that the requested