Claims.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (1) Benefits issued to ineligible children or in the incorrect amount. (2) Duplicate benefit issuances, including situations where the Summer EBT agency allows an eligible household to access more than one Summer EBT account for the same time period, or an eligible household receives program benefits from more than one State or ITO for the same time period. (b) (2) Summer EBT agencies must develop a process to allow households to submit a claim for benefits that were not issued or issued in the incorrect amount. (c) (2) Summer EBT agencies have the discretion to determine when to pursue a claim based on cost effectiveness or the individual circumstances. To the maximum extent practicable, Summer EBT agencies should limit claims against households to situations where there is evidence that the household knowingly obtained benefits through fraudulent activities. (i) Summer EBT agencies must include in their POM submission a proposed plan for identifying instances of fraudulent activity for use in pursuing claims against households. (ii) Procedures described in paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section must outline steps the Summer EBT agency will take to ensure that Civil Rights provision at § 292.29(a) are upheld. (3) Summer EBT agencies must not reclaim Summer EBT benefits by reducing a household's SNAP, NAP, or WIC benefit.

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 292.27