123.75 Absence from the United States

If a recipient is absent from the United States (the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam), the CAO must follow the procedures in Section 123.73, Temporary Absence from Pennsylvania or Section 123.74, Permanent Move from Pennsylvania .

55 Pa. Code § 147.24(a)(5)

The CAO must do the following if the recipient is temporarily absent from the United States :

Continue benefits for no more than two semimonthly payments following the move, unless the individual has good cause for not returning within 30 days and states they are returning to Pennsylvania as soon as their good cause situation ends .

S uspend assistance effective the third semimonthly payment date until the recipient returns to Pennsylvania if good cause cannot be verified .

After an absence of 60 days, close the case if good cause cannot be verified .

Updated October 29, 2024; replacing September 21, 2012