Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-2-.07

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 660-2-2-.07 - Accrual Rights

(1) Entitlement for direct assistance begins the first day of the month for which the Department's worker establishes eligibility and authorizes payment by completing, dating and signing the computer/financial documents, except payments authorized for the month of application are prorated from the date the application was received. Payment to the eligible applicant may begin on the date of application provided the applicant was eligible and is eligible on the day the eligibility worker completes the award. Persons added to an existing assistance unit may receive a prorated payment from the date of application if otherwise eligible in that month and currently eligible.

(2) A recipient's right to a money payment accrues on the first day of each month provided he is alive on that date and eligible insofar as is known. "Eligible insofar as is known" means his income and relevant circumstances in the immediately preceding month met current eligibility requirements and were not anticipated to change in the current month to the extent of causing ineligibility. Once a recipient's eligibility is established, the amount of payment he is entitled to receive for any month in which he has accrual rights is based on income and relevant circumstances in the corresponding budget month (other than when the payment is increased to include another person). To receive increased payments after death, the County Department must establish that the recipient was alive on the date that the increase was authorized.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-2-.07

Effective June 28, 1983. Emergency amendment effective April 1, 1984. Permanent amendment effective June 11, 1984. Succedent emergency amendment effective March 1, 1985. Succedent permanent amendment effective April 11, 1985. Succedent emergency amendment effective May 23, 1986. Succedent permanent amendment effective August 12, 1986. Succedent emergency amendment effective February 1, 1993. Succedent permanent amendment effective May 10, 1993. Amended: Filed January 3, 1997; effective February 7, 1997.

Statutory Authority: Social Security Act, Title IV-A; 45 C.F.R. 206.10; State Plan for Title IV-A; Code of Ala. 1975, Title 38; 45 C.F.R. 233.10; SSA-AT-81-34 and SSA-AT-86-1, Title I Public Law 104-193,Section 103.