10:87-2.24 Verification subsequent to initial certification

(a) At recertification, the CSSA shall verify a change in income if the source has changed or the amount has changed by more than $ 50.00. Previously unreported medical expenses, actual utility expenses and total recurring medical expenses which have changed by more than $ 25.00, shall also be verified at recertification. (b) The CSSA shall not verify income if the source has not changed and if the amount is unchanged or has changed by $ 50.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent or outdated. The CSSA shall also not verify total medical expenses, or actual utility expenses claimed by households which are unchanged or have changed by $ 25.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated. Other information which has changed may be reverified at recertification. Unchanged information shall not be verified unless the information is incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate, or outdated. Verification under this section shall be subject to the same verification procedures as apply to initial verification. (c) Changes reported during the certification period shall be subject to the same verification procedures that apply at initial certification, except that the CSSA shall not verify changes in income if the source has not changed and if the amount has changed by $ 50.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent or outdated. The CSSA shall also not verify total medical expenses or actual utility expenses if the amount has changed by $ 25.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate, or outdated. 1. If the change reported is a change in household composition, the CSSA shall verify through the ALFX system and the Disqualified Recipient Subsystem (DRS) that no household member is participating in the NJ SNAP program as part of another household (see N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.20(e)). (d) Newly obtained Social Security numbers shall be verified at recertification in accordance with verification procedures at N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.19(h). (e) The CSSA shall require a household eligible for the child support deduction to verify any changes in the legal obligation to pay child support, the obligated amount, and the amount of legally obligated child support a household member pays to a nonhousehold member. The CSSA shall verify reportedly unchanged child support information only if the information is inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated. History HISTORY: Amended by R.1979 d.459, effective January 1, 1980. See: 12 N.J.R. 40(c). Added medical expenses, clarified language, changed internal references to conform. Amended by R.1985 d.346, effective July 1, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 883(a), 17 N.J.R. 1659(a). (a)2i added. Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective February 21, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b). Substantially amended. Amended by R.1990 d.270, effective May 21, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 139(a), 22 N.J.R. 1599(a). Revised text to clarify when household must report changes in deductible expenses. In (a): added language about medical expenses. Revised text in (b) and deleted (b)1 regarding unchanged information. In (c): added ". . . unless the information . . . outdated" to final sentence. Amended by R.1998 d.498, effective October 5, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 1928(a), 30 N.J.R. 3669(b). Added (e). Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.28 and amended by R.2004 d.181, effective May 17, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a). Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.24, Documentation, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87- 2.23. Administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).