1. (a) Advance notice is not required when:

   1. (1) The agency has factual information confirming the death of the transitional employment assistance (TEA) payee and there is no relative to serve as the new payee;
   2. (2) The agency receives a written statement signed by a participant that he or she no longer wishes assistance, or that gives information which requires termination or reduction of assistance, and the participant has indicated that he or she understands the consequences of supplying such information;
   3. (3) The participant has been admitted or committed to an institution, thereby rendering him or her ineligible;
   4. (4) The participant has been placed in a long-term care facility;

   5. (5)

      1. (A) The participant’s whereabouts are unknown, and agency mail directed to him or her has been returned by the post office indicating no known forwarding address.
      2. (B) The participant’s check must be made available to him or her if his or her whereabouts become known during the payment period covered by the returned check;
   6. (6) A participant has been accepted for assistance in a new jurisdiction (another state) and that fact has been established by the jurisdiction;
   7. (7) A TEA child is removed from the home as a result of a judicial determination or voluntarily placed in foster care by his or her legal guardian;
   8. (8) The participant has been informed in writing at the time of certification that assistance shall automatically terminate at the end of a specific period; or
   9. (9) The sanction for noncooperation with child support requirements is imposed following a determination of such noncooperation by the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.

2. (b)

   1. (1) In the above situation, an adequate notice is still required.
   2. (2) If the participant requests a hearing within ten (10) days of the date the action was taken, then assistance will be reinstated to its previous level unless the participant specifically requests assistance not be continued pending the hearing, and except when the reason for closure is reaching the time limit.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “07/01/97”