Section 441.65.22. Verification.

       65.22(1) Required verification.

        a.           Income. Households shall be required to verify income at time of application, recertification and when income is reported or when income changes with the following exceptions:

        1.            Households are not required to verify the public assistance grant.

        2.            Households are not required to verify job insurance benefits when the information is available to the department from the department of employment services.

        3.            Households are only required to verify interest income at the time of application and recertification.

        b.           Dependent care costs. Rescinded IAB 3/10/10, effective 2/10/10.

        c.           Medical expenses. Households shall be required to verify medical expenses at the time of application and whenever a change is reported. For recertification:

       (1)             A household that chose to claim actual expenses must verify medical expenses.

       (2)             A household that chose the standard medical expense deduction shall be required to declare only if the excess expense still exists.

        d.           Shelter costs. Rescinded IAB 3/10/10, effective 2/10/10.

        e.           Utilities. Rescinded IAB 3/10/10, effective 2/10/10.

        f.            Telephone expense. Rescinded IAB 5/2/01, effective 6/1/01.

        g.           Child support payment deduction. Households shall be required to verify legally obligated child support and child medical support payments made to a person outside of the food assistance household only at certification and recertification and whenever the household reports a change.

       65.22(2) Failure to verify. When the household does not verify an expense as required, no deduction for that expense will be allowed.

       65.22(3) Special verification procedures. Persons whose applications meet the initial criteria for error-prone cases may be subject to special verification procedures, including a second face-to-face interview and additional documentation requirements in accordance with department of inspections and appeals’ rules 481—Chapter 72.

Clients are required to cooperate with the investigation division of the department of inspections and appeals in establishing eligibility factors, including attending requested interviews. Refusal to cooperate will result in denial or cancellation of the household’s food assistance benefits. Once denied or terminated for refusal to cooperate, the household may reapply but shall not be determined eligible until cooperation occurs.

[ARC 8556B, IAB 3/10/10, effective 2/10/10]