- a) The Department will establish a claim to collect an overpayment against the household that received the overpayment. First priority will be given to collecting claims from currently receiving households.
- b) If there has been a change in household composition since the overpayment, the Department will establish the claim against a currently receiving household in the following order:
1) The household that now contains the head of the overpaid household; or
- 2) The household that now contains an adult member of the overpaid household; or
- 3) The household that now contains an adult member of the overpaid household, which currently receives the highest monthly allotment, or, in the case of a claim for an intentional program violation, the highest monthly entitlement.
- c) If there is no currently receiving household against which to establish the claim, the Department will apply the recovery provisions of Subpart D of this Part in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section.
All adult (age 18 or over) members of a food stamp household that receives an overpayment are jointly and severally liable for repayment of the overpayment.
(Source: Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 16495, effective October 28, 2002)