Recovery

(A) The Department shall act promptly to recover all overpayments from current clients and from previous clients who reapply for and are determined eligible for TAFDC or EAEDC. The Department shall refer overpayments to BSI whenever there is a reasonable possibility of fraud. In such cases, no recovery may take place until BSI notifies the Department that it has decided not to investigate or its investigation is complete, or unless recovery is being made through the Administrative Disqualification process as provided in 106 CMR 706.345. (B) The Department shall recover all overpayments from current clients regardless of the amount of the overpayment. The Department shall recover all overpayments from previous clients as provided in 106 CMR 706.280. An overpayment shall be recovered from grantees even if grantees were overpaid in one cash assistance program and is now receiving benefits in another cash assistance program. (C) If through recoupment, the monthly grant amount is reduced to zero, the assistance unit shall be considered to be still receiving assistance. For TAFDC cases, if through recoupment the monthly grant amount is between zero and $10, the assistance unit will receive a monthly payment. The minimum monthly payment shall be two dollars for TAFDC and EAEDC. (D) In instances where clients have used their cash benefits to purchase alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets or tobacco products, the client shall reimburse the Department for the full amount of the purchases.