Section He-W 671.02 - Electronic Funds ransfer (EFT)(a) Financial assistance payments shall be issued by method of direct deposit into the individual's bank account through the electronic funds transfer (EFT) system when the individual or authorized representative has elected to receive these benefits in this manner.(b) The portion of the assistance payment authorized as a vendor payment made to a vendor payee, pursuant to He-W 686.01, shall be made as an EFT deposit to the account of the vendor.(c) Payment made to a provider for emergency assistance, as described in He-W 699.05, shall be made as an EFT.(d) To process an EFT, the individual, authorized representative, protective payee or vendor payee shall: (1) Have an open checking or savings account; and(2) Provide the department with the bank account information necessary to make a direct deposit.(e) If an individual provides access or joint ownership to the account into which the EFT deposits are made, the department shall not replace EFT benefits used by the joint owner.(f) EFT deposits shall not be split between separate accounts, unless the household has authorized an amount to be deposited into the account of a vendor payee as described in He-W 686.01.(g) EFT deposits shall be posted to the individual's personal bank account in accordance with He-W 670.04.(h) Financial assistance payments shall be issued via EBT, pursuant to He-W 671.01, when:(1) EFT is chosen for benefit issuance, but the individual does not have an open checking or savings account, pursuant to (d) (1) above;(2) EFT is chosen for benefit issuance, but the individual does not provide the department with bk account information necessary to make a direct deposit, pursuant to (d) (2) above;(3) The individual does not choose EFT for benefit issuance, pursuant to (a) above; or(4) The individual provides information for EFT benefit issuance, but the information provided results in the bank rejecting the EFT deposit, pursuant to He-W 671.01(a) .N.H. Admin. Code § He-W 671.02
(See Revision Note at Chapter Heading He-W 600); #6825, eff 8-3-98; ss by #6897, eff 12-1-98; ss by #8071, eff 4-23-04; ss by #10178, eff 8-24-12
Amended by Volume XLI Number 19, Filed May 13, 2021, Proposed by #13190, Effective 4/20/2021, Expires 4/20/2031.