SECTION 372.1551. TANF Overpayments

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(a) A TANF overpayment may occur because of:
(1) a Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) error;
(2) a household error; or
(3) an intentional program violation.
(b) TANF households must repay any benefits they were not entitled to receive.
(c) For overpayments resulting from a change in circumstances in an active case, the first month of overpayment is the first month in which a change would have been effective had it been reported and processed in a timely manner. This can be no later than two months after the month the change occurred.
(d) HHSC collects overpayments from TANF households:
(1) by check or money order; or
(2) by withholding a portion of benefits the household would otherwise receive.

Source Note: The provisions of this §372.1551 adopted to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5361

                    
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