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251 Chapter 21 Restoration of Lost Benefits 2 1 . 1 E N T I T L E M E N T The Agency will restore to households’ benefits which were lost whenever the loss was caused by an error by the Agency or by an administrative disqualification for intentional Program violation which was subsequently reversed as specified in Section 21.5 below, or if there is a statement elsewhere in the regulations specifically stating that the household is entitled to restoration of lost benefits. Furthermore, unless there is a statement elsewhere in the regulations that a household is entitled to lost benefits for a longer period, benefits will be restored for not more than twelve months prior to whichever of the following occurred first: • The date the Agency receives a request for restoration from a household; or • The date the Agency is notified or otherwise discovers that a loss to a household has occurred. The Agency will restore to households’ benefits which were found by any judicial action to have been wrongfully withheld. If the judicial action is the first action the recipient has taken to obtain restoration of lost benefits, then benefits will be restored for a period of not more than twelve months from the date the court action was initiated. When the judicial action is a review of the Agency action, the benefits will be restored for a period of not more than twelve months from the first of the following dates: • The date the Agency receives a request for restoration: • If no request for restoration is received, the date the fair hearing action was initiated; but • Never more than one year from when the Agency is notified of, or discovers, the loss. Benefits will be restored even if the household is currently ineligible.

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