1-009.04C Situations Requiring Adequate Notice Only

In the situations outlined below, the worker may dispense with timely notice but must send adequate notice no later than the effective date of action:

1. The agency has factual information confirming the death of a client;

2. The agency receives a written and signed statement from the client;

a. Stating that assistance is no longer required; or

b. Giving information which requires termination or reduction of assistance, and indicating, in writing, that the client understands the consequence of supplying such information;

3. The client has been admitted or committed to an institution, and no longer qualifies for assistance;

4. The client has been placed in skilled nursing care, intermediate care, or long-term hospitalization;

5. The client's whereabouts are unknown and agency mail directed to the client has been returned by the post office indicating no known forwarding address. The agency must make the client's check available to the client if his/her whereabouts become known during the payment period covered by a returned check;

6. The client has been accepted for assistance in another state and that fact has been established; or

7. The time limit for eligibility has expired.