(a)#
The department shall recover from an individual receiving emergency assistance under this section an overpayment of the emergency assistance if the overpayment resulted from a misrepresentation by the individual applying for the assistance with respect to any fact having an effect on the individual’s eligibility for, or the amount of, the assistance granted.
(b)#
If an overpayment of emergency assistance provided under this section resulted from an error made by a Wisconsin Works agency, the department shall recover the overpayment from the Wisconsin Works agency and may do so by offsetting the amount from amounts otherwise due the agency under a contract under s. 49.143.
(c)#
The department may recover overpayments of emergency assistance under par. (a) or (b) in the manners provided in ss. 49.195 (3m) and 49.85. Nothing in this paragraph or par. (b) precludes the department from recovering emergency assistance overpayments through any other legal means.