N.J. Admin. Code § 10:87-2.24

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10:87-2.24 - Verification subsequent to initial certification

(a) At recertification, the CWA shall verify a change in income if the source has changed or the amount has changed by more than $ 50.00. Previously unreported medical expenses, actual utility expenses and total recurring medical expenses which have changed by more than $ 25.00, shall also be verified at recertification.

(b) The CWA shall not verify income if the source has not changed and if the amount is unchanged or has changed by $ 50.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent or outdated. The CWA shall also not verify total medical expenses, or actual utility expenses claimed by households which are unchanged or have changed by $ 25.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated. Other information which has changed may be reverified at recertification. Unchanged information shall not be verified unless the information is incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate, or outdated. Verification under this section shall be subject to the same verification procedures as apply to initial verification.

(c) Changes reported during the certification period shall be subject to the same verification procedures that apply at initial certification, except that the CWA shall not verify changes in income if the source has not changed and if the amount has changed by $ 50.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent or outdated. The CWA shall also not verify total medical expenses or actual utility expenses if the amount has changed by $ 25.00 or less, unless the information is incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate, or outdated.

1. If the change reported is a change in household composition, the CWA shall verify through the ALFX system and the Disqualified Recipient Subsystem (DRS) that no household member is participating in the NJ SNAP program as part of another household (see 10:87-2.20(e) ).

(d) Newly obtained Social Security numbers shall be verified at recertification in accordance with verification procedures at 10:87-2.19(h).

(e) The CWA shall require a household eligible for the child support deduction to verify any changes in the legal obligation to pay child support, the obligated amount, and the amount of legally obligated child support a household member pays to a nonhousehold member. The CWA shall verify reportedly unchanged child support information only if the information is inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:87-2.24

Amended by R.1979 d.459, effective 1/1/1980.
See: 12 N.J.R. 40(c).
Added medical expenses, clarified language, changed internal references to conform.
Amended by R.1985 d.346, effective 7/1/1985.
See: 17 N.J.R. 883(a), 17 N.J.R. 1659(a).
(a)2i added.
Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective 2/21/1989.
See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b).
Substantially amended.
Amended by R.1990 d.270, effective 5/21/1990.
See: 22 N.J.R. 139(a), 22 N.J.R. 1599(a).
Revised text to clarify when household must report changes in deductible expenses.
In (a): added language about medical expenses.
Revised text in (b) and deleted (b)1 regarding unchanged information.
In (c): added ". . . unless the information . . . outdated" to final sentence.
Amended by R.1998 d.498, effective 10/5/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 1928(a), 30 N.J.R. 3669(b).
Added (e).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.28 and amended by R.2004 d.181, effective 5/17/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.24, Documentation, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87-2.23.
Administrative change.
See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).