08-14-047

WSR 08-14-047

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)

[ Filed June 24, 2008, 11:25 a.m. , effective July 25, 2008 ]

     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: The department is amending the following rule: WAC 388-412-0040 Can I get my benefits replaced?

     This rule change is needed to correct a typographical error in WAC 388-412-0040(4). The amendment changes the word "shoes" to "those."

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-412-0040.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, and 74.04.510.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-09-043 on April 10, 2008.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 20, 2008.

Stephanie E. Schiller

Rules Coordinator

3953.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 03-22-038, filed 10/28/03, effective 12/1/03)

WAC 388-412-0040   Can I get my benefits replaced?   Under certain conditions, we may replace your benefits.

     (1) You may get your EBT benefits replaced if:

     (a) We make a mistake that causes you to lose benefits;

     (b) Both your EBT card and personal identification number (PIN) are stolen from the mail; you never had the ability to use the benefits; and you lost benefits;

     (c) You left a drug or alcohol treatment on or before the fifteenth of the month and the facility does not have enough Basic Food benefits in their EBT account for one-half of the allotment that they owe you;

     (d) Your EBT benefits that were recently deposited into an inactive EBT account were canceled by mistake along with your state benefits; or

     (e) Your food that was purchased with Basic Food benefits was destroyed in a disaster.

     (2) If you want a replacement, you must:

     (a) Report the loss to your local office within ten days from the date of the loss; and

     (b) Sign a department affidavit form stating you had a loss of benefits.

     (3) For Basic Food, we replace the loss up to a one-month benefit amount.

     (4) We will not replace your benefits if your loss is for a reason other than ((shoes [those])) those listed in subsection (1) above or:

     (a) We decided that your request is fraudulent;

     (b) Your Basic Food benefits were lost, stolen or misplaced after you received them;

     (c) You already got two countable replacements of Basic Food benefits within the last five months; or

     (d) You got disaster food stamp benefits for the same month you requested a replacement for Basic Food.

     (5) Your replacement does not count if:

     (a) Your benefits are returned to us; or

     (b) We replaced your benefits because we made an error.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510. 03-22-038, § 388-412-0040, filed 10/28/03, effective 12/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510 and 74.08.090. 01-18-054, § 388-412-0040, filed 8/30/01, effective 9/30/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-412-0040, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]