LAC 28:CLXV.521. Recovery of Payments Made on Behalf of Ineligible Households [Formerly §511]

A. All CCAP payments made on behalf of ineligible households are subject to action to recover the payments, with the exception of inadvertent household and administrative error claims in the amount of $125 or less for households who are not currently participating in CCAP. B. Action will be taken to recover all payments made on behalf of: 1. ineligible households that are currently participating in CCAP; 2. any ineligible household resulting from the household’s act of fraud, such as the submission of false or altered documents or information, intentionally making a false or misleading statement, or misrepresenting, concealing, or withholding relevant fact; 3. any ineligible household resulting from errors that are discovered in a quality control review; and 4. any ineligible service that results in an improper overpayment. C. If a household does not timely repay improper payments made on its behalf, other than those exceptions provided in Subsection A of this Section, the department may refer such unrecovered payments to the Office of the Attorney General for collection, and the household owing the payments shall be assessed, and shall be required to pay, the additional collection fee assessed by the Office of the Attorney General. D. The department has the authority to implement an application freeze based on the lack of available child care funds to operate CCAP.