1. (1) The amount of overpayment for cash assistance households is determined by the amount of assistance received to which the assistance unit was not entitled.

2. (2) Cash overpayments are recovered from:

   1. (a) Any adult member of an overpaid assistance unit, whether or not the member is currently a recipient;
   2. (b) Any assistance unit of which an adult member of the overpaid assistance unit has subsequently become a member;
   3. (c) A nonneedy caretaker relative or guardian who received assistance for a child who is in the assistance unit; or
   4. (d) An assistance unit when an unintentional overpayment of aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash assistance is established prior to July 1, 2025.

3. (3) A cash assistance overpayment is not recovered from:

   1. (a) A child who was in the assistance unit at the time the overpayment was accrued; or
   2. (b) A person not receiving assistance when an unintentional overpayment of less than $35 is discovered, computed, or both.

4. (4) Overpayments resulting from incorrectly received cash assistance are reduced by:

   1. (a) Cash assistance a household would have been eligible to receive from any other category of cash assistance during the period of ineligibility; and
   2. (b) Child support the department collected for the month of overpayment in excess of the amount specified in (a) of this subsection; or
   3. (c) Any existing grant underpayments.
5. (5) A cash assistance overpayment cannot be reduced by a food assistance underpayment.
6. (6) An underpayment from one assistance unit cannot be credited to another assistance unit to offset an overpayment.
7. (7) All overpayments occurring after January 1, 1982, are required to be repaid by mandatory grant deduction except where recovery is inequitable as specified in WAC 388-410-0010.
8. (8) The department will not establish unintentional overpayments, as defined in WAC 388-410-0001, of aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash assistance on or after July 1, 2025.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.120, and 2025 c 331. WSR 25-22-027, s 388-410-0005, filed 10/27/25, effective 11/27/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, and 74.08A.120. WSR 20-02-047, § 388-410-0005, filed 12/23/19, effective 2/1/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, and 74.08A.120. WSR 19-08-066, § 388-410-0005, filed 3/29/19, effective 5/1/19. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.120, and 2011 1st sp.s. c 15. WSR 13-18-004, § 388-410-0005, filed 8/22/13, effective 10/1/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. WSR 98-16-044, § 388-410-0005, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]