The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing the settlement agreement in Brown and Espinosa-Tapia v. Lightbourne. Counties can now collect administrative error and inadvertent household error overissuances going back only three years from the date of discovery of the overissuance.
CDSS’ prior policy authorized collection going back up to six years from the date of discovery of the overissuance. The change is only prospective and does not apply to overissuance claims established prior to the date of this letter. (ACL 18-99, September 14, 2018.)