1. A. The Department shall not apply the earned income disregards set forth at R6-12-703(1) through (3) to the earned income of an assistance unit member, or an employed parent of a dependent child whose income and resources are considered available to the assistance unit, when the assistance unit member or parent, without good cause:

   1. 1. Terminates employment or reduces the hours of employment within the 30 days preceding the benefit month;
   2. 2. Refuses to accept a bona fide offer of employment offered through JOBS, or by any other employer, within the 30 days preceding the benefit month; or
   3. 3. Fails to make a timely report of income pursuant to R6-12-901.

2. B. Good cause.

   1. 1. For circumstances applicable to subsections (A)(1) or (2), good cause is limited to:

      1. a. The circumstances described at A.A.C. R6-10-119(B); or
      2. b. The circumstances described at A.A.C. R6-10-120(A) and (C), if the person is a TPEP parent.

   2. 2. For circumstances applicable to subsection (A)(3), good cause is limited to the following:

      1. a. The assistance unit reports and verifies that sickness, accident, or other hardship prevented the unit from reporting timely; or
      2. b. The mailing date of the change report is timely as prescribed in R6-12-901.

Historical Note

Adopted effective November 9, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1141, effective July 1, 2010 (Supp. 10-2).

Editor’s Note: The following Section was amended under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.