LAC 67:III.1209. Notices of Adverse Actions

A. A notice of adverse action shall be sent at least 13 days prior to taking action to reduce or terminate benefits. In some circumstances advance notice is not required. A concurrent notice shall be sent to the client at the time of action in the following situations: 1. the agency has factual information confirming the death of the FITAP payee; 2. the client signs a statement requesting reduction or closure and waiving the right to advance notice; 3. 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; 4. a client has been certified in another state and that fact has been established; 5. a child is removed from the home as a result of a judicial determination, or is voluntarily placed in foster care by his legal guardian; 6. the client has been admitted or committed to an institution; 7. the client has been placed in a skilled or intermediate nursing care facility or long-term hospitalization; 8. the agency disqualifies a household member because of an intentional program violation and the benefits of the remaining household members are reduced or terminated because of the disqualification; 9. the worker reduces or ends benefits at the end of a normal period of certification when the client timely reapplies; 10. the case is closed due to the amount of child support collected through child support enforcement services; 11. the client has been certified for supplemental security income or foster care payments and that fact has been established; 12. the child is certified for kinship care subsidy payments; 13. the agency receives a written report signed by the head of household or other responsible household member which provides sufficient information for the agency to determine the household's benefit amount or ineligibility; 14. benefits are reduced or terminated effective the month following the simplified report month; 15. mass changes.