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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 2

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 16 Chapter 2 Common Eligibility Requirements

2.6 PENALTY FOR DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS The Worker must explore the possibility of intentional misrepresentation when the client is receiving benefits of any type in more than one county or state at the same time. See the Department of Human Services (DOHS) Office of Inspector Generals (OIG) Common Chapters Manual for procedures involving misrepresentation. Program benefits may be affected for those who intentionally receive duplicate benefits. These vary by program, as follows. 2.6.1 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) A client who has made a fraudulent statement or representation about his identity or place of residence in order to receive multiple SNAP benefits simultaneously is ineligible to receive SNAP benefits for a 10-year period. The 10-year period begins on the date the client is found guilty in a federal or state court or in an Administrative Disqualification Hearing (ADH). This applies to multiple benefits received in more than one state or in the same state. Conviction of, or ADH finding of, attempting to receive such multiple benefits carries the same disqualification penalty as actual receipt of the benefits. 2.6.2 WV WORKS An individual who has made a fraudulent statement or representation about his place of residence in order to receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), WV WORKS, SNAP benefits, Medicaid, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits simultaneously from two or more states, is ineligible to receive WV WORKS benefits for a 10-year period. The 10- year period begins on the date the individual is convicted in federal or state court. This does not apply when multiple benefits are received in the same state. 2.6.3 MEDICAID AND WVCHIP There are no disqualification penalties for receipt of duplicate benefits.