Section 17-680-30 - Household responsibility to report changes(a) Households not subject to simplified reporting shall be required to report changes as specified in section 17-650-26.(b) Households subject to simplified reporting shall report changes as specified in sections 17-650-14 and 17-650-18.(c) An applying household shall report all changes related to its food stamp eligibility and benefits at the certification interview. Changes, as provided in subsections (a) or (b), which occur after the interview but before the date of the notice of eligibility, shall be reported by the household as follows: (1) On the six month report form for those subject to simplified reporting; or(2) Within ten days of the date of the change for simplified reporting households required to report other changes as specified in section 17-650-18; or(3) Within ten days of the date of the change for change reporting households as specified in section 17-650-27. If the change is reported to the department prior to the disposition of the application, the department shall act upon the change in accordance with the procedures as stipulated in section 17-647-33(d).
(d) For change reporting households, changes may be reported in person, by telephone, or by mail. The department shall document the date a change is reported, which is the date the department receives the change report form or is advised of the change over the telephone or by a personal visit.(e) If the department discovers that a household failed to report a change as required and received benefits for which it was not entitled, a claim for the benefits for which it was not entitled shall be filed against the household by the department. If the discovery is made within the certification period, the household shall be entitled to the following notice requirements if benefits are reduced: (1) Change reporting households shall be entitled to timely and adequate notice; and(2) Simplified reporting households shall be entitled to:(A) An adequate notice if the change in circumstances was discovered within the simplified reporting system; or(B) Timely and adequate notice if the change in circumstances was discovered outside of the simplified reporting system.(f) Individuals shall not be disqualified for failing to report a change without a determination of intentional program violation. However, an individual shall be disqualified in accordance with the intentional program violation disqualification under chapter 17-604.1 when found guilty of intentional program violation. A household shall not be held liable for a claim because of a change in household circumstances which it is not required to report under subsections (a) or (b).(g) Reporting requirements other than those in subsections (a) and (b) shall not be imposed upon the household. (1) A change report form shall be provided to newly certified households not subject to simplified reporting at the time of certification and at recertification if the household needs a new form. A new form shall be sent to the household whenever a change report form is returned by the household.(2) Although a household not subject to simplified reporting shall be encouraged to complete and return the change form when a change is being reported, changes reported over the telephone or in person by the household shall be acted upon in the same manner as those reported on the change report form.(3) Households subject to simplified reporting shall be provided with a six month report form no later than six months from the end of the household's certification period.[Eff 3/19/93; am 10/13/95; am 12/18/95; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §§273.12(a), 273.12(b), 273.21 )