1. A. A notice of adverse action shall be sent at least 13 days prior to taking action to reduce or terminate benefits. In some circumstances advance notice is not required. A concurrent notice shall be sent to the client at the time of action in the following situations:

   1. 1. the agency has factual information confirming the death of the FITAP payee;
   2. 2. the client signs a statement requesting reduction or closure and waiving the right to advance notice;
   3. 3. the client's whereabouts are unknown and agency mail directed to the client has been returned by the Post Office indicating no known forwarding address;
   4. 4. a client has been certified in another state and that fact has been established;
   5. 5. a child is removed from the home as a result of a judicial determination, or is voluntarily placed in foster care by his legal guardian;
   6. 6. the client has been admitted or committed to an institution;
   7. 7. the client has been placed in a skilled or intermediate nursing care facility or long-term hospitalization;
   8. 8. the agency disqualifies a household member because of an intentional program violation and the benefits of the remaining household members are reduced or terminated because of the disqualification;
   9. 9. the worker reduces or ends benefits at the end of a normal period of certification when the client timely reapplies;
   10. 10. the case is closed due to the amount of child support collected through child support enforcement services;
   11. 11. the client has been certified for supplemental security income or foster care payments and that fact has been established;
   12. 12. the child is certified for kinship care subsidy payments;
   13. 13. the agency receives a written report signed by the head of household or other responsible household member which provides sufficient information for the agency to determine the household's benefit amount or ineligibility;
   14. 14. benefits are reduced or terminated effective the month following the simplified report month;
   15. 15. mass changes.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 42 USC 601 et seq., R.S. 36:474, R.S. 46:231.1(B), R.S. 46:237, Act 58, 2003 Reg. Session and Act 16, and 2005 Reg. Session.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, LR 25:2447 (December 1999), amended LR 26:349 (February 2000), LR 28:2565 (December 2002), LR 30:493 (March 2004), LR 32:1911 (October 2006), amended by the Department of Children and Family Services, Economic Stability Section, LR 44:443 (March 2018), amended by the Department of Children and Family Services, Economic Stability Section, LR 45:1439 (October 2019).