WAC 388-410-0020

Effective November 1, 2006

WAC 388-410-0020 What happens if I receive more Basic Food or WASHCAP benefits than I am supposed to receive?

  1. If you receive more Basic Food or WASHCAP benefits than you were supposed to receive, your assistance unit (AU) has an overpayment. There are three types of overpayments:

    1. Administrative error overpayment: When you received too many benefits because the department made a mistake. 

    2. Inadvertent household error overpayment: When you received too many benefits because you made a mistake or didn't understand what you were supposed to do.

    3. Intentional program violation (IPV) overpayment: When you received too many benefits because you broke a food stamp rule on purpose. If you have an IPV, you could be disqualified from receiving Basic Food or WASHCAP benefits under chapter 388-446 WAC.

  2. We must discover an overpayment within certain timeframes for us to establish and collect an overpayment. If we do not discover that you received too many benefits within the timeframe described below based on the type of overpayment, we will not set up an overpayment:
(a) Administrative error overpayment: (b) Inadvertent household error overpayment: (c) Intentional program violation overpayment:
We must discover the overpayment within twelve months of the date you were overpaid. We must discover the overpayment within twenty-four months of the date you were overpaid. We must discover the overpayment within seventy-two months of the date you were overpaid.

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