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60 after the insurance company has paid its portion of the expense. If the expense cannot be verified within 30 days of the date of application, the Agency will determine the household's eligibility and benefit level without providing a deduction of the unverified expense. If the household subsequently provides the missing verification, the Agency will re-determine the household's benefits, and provide increased benefits, if any, in accordance with the timeliness standards in Chapter 15 Change Reporting Requirements on reported changes. NOTE: Prorate the nonrecurring medical expense amount over the months remaining in the certification period, if the household provides the previously requested verification.

If the expense could not be verified within the 30-day processing standard because the Agency failed to allow the household sufficient time, as defined Section 6.4 Delays in Processing, to verify the expense, the household will be entitled to the restoration of benefits retroactive to the month of application. If the household would be ineligible unless the expense is allowed, the household's application will be handled as provided in Section 6.4 Delays in Processing. See 5.7 (H) Verification Subsequent to Initial Certification for treatment of ongoing cases. (11) Legal obligation and actual child support payments The Agency will obtain verification of the household's legal obligation to pay child support, the amount of the obligation, and the monthly amount of child support the household actually pays. NOTE: Documents that are accepted as verification of the household's legal obligation to pay child support are not to be accepted as verification of the household's actual monthly child support payments. (12) Able-bodied adults subject to the time limit

For individuals subject to the ABAWD time limit of Section 8.16 Countable Months who are satisfying the work requirement by working, by combining work and participation in a work program, or by participating in a work program or workfare program, the individuals' work hours will be verified. For individuals subject to the ABAWD time limit (Section 8.16 Countable Months), the Agency must verify the number of countable months an ABAWD has used in another State during the current three-year time period, if there is an indication that the individual has participated in that State. The DSS Form 1262, Benefits Inquiry, may be used to obtain verification of whether or not an ABAWD has used countable months in another State.