Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-4-55 - Cooperation
(a) Establishment
of eligibility. Each applicant, recipient, or ineligible caretaker shall
cooperate with the agency in the establishment of eligibility as provided in
K.A.R. 30-4-39. Failure to provide information necessary to determine
eligibility shall render the family group ineligible for assistance.
(b) Social security number. Each applicant or
recipient shall provide the agency with the applicant's or recipient's social
security number. Failure to provide the number, or failure to apply for a
number if the applicant or recipient has not previously been issued a number,
shall render the applicant or recipient ineligible for assistance.
(c) Paternity and support.
(1) The caretaker who is applying for or
receiving assistance shall cooperate with the agency in establishing the
paternity of any child born out of wedlock for whom assistance is claimed, and
in obtaining support payments for the caretaker and for any child for whom
assistance is claimed. Failure to cooperate in any assistance program
administered by the secretary in which paternity and support cooperation is
required shall render the mandatory filing unit of which the child is a member
ineligible for assistance unless the caretaker demonstrates good cause for
refusing to cooperate. The period of ineligibility shall be as follows:
(A) For the first failure, until the
caretaker cooperates; and
(B) for
any subsequent failure, two months or until the person cooperates, whichever is
longer.
(2) Cooperation
shall include the following actions:
(A)
Appearing at the local child support enforcement office, as necessary, to
provide information or documentation needed to establish the paternity of a
child born out of wedlock, to identify and locate the absent parent, and to
obtain support payments;
(B)
appearing as a witness at court or at other proceedings as necessary to achieve
the child support enforcement objectives;
(C) forwarding to the child support
enforcement unit any support payments received from the absent parent that are
covered by the support assignment;
(D) establishing and maintaining an agreement
to repay assigned support that was retained by the caretaker; and
(E) providing information, or attesting to
the lack of information, under penalty of perjury.
(d) Potential resources. Each
applicant or recipient shall cooperate with the agency in obtaining any
resources due the applicant, recipient, or child for whom assistance is claimed
and shall cooperate with the group health plan enrollment process in accordance
with K.A.R. 30-6-55(f). Failure to cooperate without good cause shall render
ineligible for assistance the mandatory filing unit of which the applicant,
recipient, or child for whom assistance is claimed is a member.
(e) Third party resources. Each applicant or
recipient shall cooperate with the agency in identifying and providing
information to assist the agency in pursuing any third party who may be liable
to pay for medical services under the medical assistance program. Failure to
cooperate without good cause shall render the applicant or recipient ineligible
for assistance.
(f) This
regulation shall be effective on and after October 1, 2003.
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