Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department › Inspections Division › Chapter 90 - Public Assistance Debt Recovery Unit › Rule 481-90.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				  apply:
"Active case"
means a household that is
				  receiving public assistance.
"Allotment reduction"
means an amount
				  withheld from a financial or supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
				  benefit. More specifically, "grant reduction" refers to the family investment
				  program (FIP) and to refugee cash assistance (RCA), and "benefit reduction"
				  refers to SNAP.
"Debt"
means the dollar amount of public
				  assistance, by program, received by or on behalf of a person or provider in
				  excess of that allowed by law, rules, or regulations for any given month(s); or
				  the dollar amount of public assistance unlawfully transferred or obtained in
				  violation of program rules; or the dollar amount of unpaid IowaCare personal
				  financial responsibility obligations.
"Debtor"
means any person who has been
				  determined by DHS or by the department to be responsible for the repayment of a
				  particular public assistance debt.
"Department"
means the department of
				  inspections and appeals.
"DHS"
means the department of human
				  services.
"Economic assistance fraud bureau"
means the
				  economic assistance fraud bureau of the department of inspections and
				  appeals.
"FIP"
means the family investment program
				  described in 441-Chapters 40 to 46.
"Notice of debt"
means a notice that informs
				  the debtor that a debt in a public assistance program has occurred. The notice
				  identifies the debt amount, the dates on which the debt was incurred, the cause
				  of the debt, and the options the debtor has to repay the debt. (See 441-Chapter
				  11.)
"Offsetting"
means the repayment of a debt
				  by setoff of a state warrant or setoff of state income tax refunds or federal
				  tax refunds and federal payments.
"Public assistance"
means any program that
				  DHS administers that confers a financial, medical, or SNAP benefit.
"RCA"
means refugee cash assistance
				  described in 441-Chapter 60.
"Recovery"
means the repayment of a debt by
				  direct cash payment from the debtor, by allotment reduction, by offsetting, or
				  by garnishment of wages or assets.
"Repayment agreement"
means an agreement
				  entered into voluntarily between the department and the debtor for the
				  repayment of a debt. Agreements are made on Form 470-0495, Agreement to Pay a
				  Debt, or on a notice of debt listed in 441-subrule 11.2(2). The repayment
				  agreement, whether Form 470-0495 or a notice of debt, tells the amount and
				  program(s) overpaid and gives the debtor a choice of repayment methods. Failure
				  to return the repayment agreement may result in further collection
				  actions.
"SNAP"
means the supplemental nutrition
				  assistance program and refers to the benefits provided by the federal program
				  administered through 7 CFR Parts 270 through 283 as set forth in rule
				  441-65.1(234).
"Title XIX divestiture"
means a debt against
				  a person who receives transferred assets from a Medicaid applicant or recipient
				  within five years prior to an application for medical assistance if the
				  applicant is approved for medical assistance (Medicaid) or a transfer impacting
				  the recovery or payment of a medical assistance (Medicaid)
				  debt.