Section 388-472-0040 - What are the department's responsibilities in giving NSA services to me?(1) All of our staff are continually responsible to identify you as possibly NSA eligible and assist you with NSA services.(2) We provide a grace period to continue your financial, food or medical assistance when: (a) We stop a benefit because we are unable to tell if you continue to qualify; and(b) You provide proof you still qualify for the benefit within the twenty days right after the benefit stops. We restore lost benefits as follows: (i) We reopen your medical assistance from the first of the month; and(ii) We recalculate your cash and food assistance and issue you the correct amount without taking away any benefits as long as you were eligible to receive them.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-472-0040
Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, and 74.08.090. WSR 01-10-104, § 388-472-0040, filed 5/1/01, effective 6/1/01.