Exceptions to Advance Vendor Notification

(A) The Department is not required to send a written notice to a vendor one month in advance of a vendor payment termination when: (1) the client has verified, by the Board of Health or appropriate code enforcement authority, the existence of a health and/or safety code violation; (2) the client's assistance is terminated; (3) the client's monthly grant amount is less than the amount of the vendor payment; (4) the client has verified that the last month's rent was paid as part of a lease agreement; (5) the TAFDC client is participating in the Full Employment Program as provided in 106 CMR 707.180: Full Employment Program; or (6) the local office director or designee has waived this requirement as provided in 106 CMR 706.680(B)(2). (B) In cases of these exceptions, the Department is required to send a written notice to the vendor no later than the date of termination of the vendor payment.