1. (a) Assistance payments shall be returned to the department by any person having possession of such payments when the payments:

   1. (1) Are received after the death of the recipient;
   2. (2) Are uncashed at the time of the recipient's death;
   3. (3) Cannot be delivered; or
   4. (4) Are the unused portion of previous benefits remaining in the electronic benefit transfer account.

2. (b) Amounts deposited through electronic funds transfer into the account of a deceased recipient which have not yet been spent to cover the deceased recipient’s expenses described in (c), below, shall be returned to the department by:

   1. (1) The administrator of the deceased recipient’s estate;
   2. (2) The joint owner of the account; or
   3. (3) Any person with access to the deceased recipient’s account.

3. (c) When a deceased recipient’s payment is returned, vendors who meet the criteria of He-W 686.01 shall be reimbursed:

   1. (1) For expenses included in the recipient’s grant that:

      1. a. Were incurred prior to the death of the recipient; and
      2. b. Would have been covered by the returned payment; and
   2. (2) Only for expenses which were incurred during the month of the recipient’s death.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 at Chapter Heading He-W 600) #5171, eff 6-26-91; ss by #6531, INTERIM, eff 6-27-97, EXPIRES: 10-25-97; ss by #6614, eff 10-24-97; ss by #6825, eff 8-3-98; ss by #8684, eff 7-21-06; ss by #10743, eff 12-12-14, EXPIRED: 12-12-24 New. #13950, eff 4-30-24