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9055.0420 SUBSISTENCE - SHELTER, UTILITIES, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND COBRA PAYMENTS.

A.

A recipient must submit to the commissioner receipts, invoices, billing statements, and shelter authorization forms for the purposes of paying the recipient's shelter costs, utility charges, health insurance premiums, or COBRA payments.

B.

The commissioner must make payments for shelter costs, utility charges, health insurance premiums, and COBRA benefits directly to the entities to which payment is due.

C.

Documents submitted to the commissioner for payment of shelter costs, utility charges, health insurance premiums, or COBRA payments must confirm:

(1)

the address of the property where the shelter costs and the utility charges are incurred, and the property is the recipient's primary residence;

(2)

the recipient or recipient's spouse is an owner or lessee of the primary residence and is legally responsible for payment of the shelter costs and the utility charges at the residence;

(3)

all shelter costs, utility charges and fees, taxes and surcharges, the date of the billing document, the payment due date, the dates of service, and the dates of the billing period;

(4)

the shelter and utility vendors' names, addresses, payment addresses if different, and phone numbers;

(5)

the health insurance premium or COBRA payment amount, the date of the billing document, the payment due date, and the dates of the coverage period; and

(6)

the health insurance carrier's or the COBRA administrator's name, address, payment address if different, and phone number.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.06; 196.04; 196.05; 197.03; 197.05; 197.06; 197.75

History:

46 SR 928

Published Electronically:

October 27, 2022

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