CDSS has instructions to counties about AB 2062 regarding overpayments based on income or household composition reporting. Effective January 1, 2017, counties cannot assess an overpayment in the month following a change in income over the income reporting threshold or a change in household composition for an assistance unit that does not include an eligible adult, if the recipient timely reported the change but the county was unable, before the first month following the change, to provide 10 days notice of termination or reduction in benefits.
Recipients subject to semi-annual reporting must report income changes over the income reporting threshold within 10 days. Child only cases subject to annual reporting must report income over the income reporting threshold or changes in household composition within 10 days. Prior to AB 1232, there was an overpayment if these changes were reported timely but the county could not issue a notice of action giving 10 days notice of reduction or termination of benefits.
Under AB 1232, this changes and now if these changes are reporting timely and the county is unable to give 10 days notice of reduction or termination of benefits, the next month of benefits will not be an overpayment. However, if these changes are not reported timely (that is, not reported within 10 days) and the county could not issue a notice of action giving 10 days notice of reduction or termination of benefits, the next month of benefits will still be an overpayment. ACL 16-120 (December 30, 2016).