Section 29-1104. TERMINATION AND REDUCTION PROCEDURES

 

1104.1 Participants shall be terminated from the CEAP automatically upon the determination that they are no longer eligible based on the requirements set forth in §§ 1101.1 and 1101.2 of these regulations.

 

1104.2 Advance notice of termination or reduction of energy assistance and the basis for the action shall be mailed to the recipient not less than twenty (20) days before the established date of mailing monthly assistance checks for the energy assistance program.

 

1104.3 A recipient who receives a notice of termination or a payment reduction has sixty (60) days from the date of the notice to request a fair hearing. If a recipient makes a request for a fair hearing within ten (10) days from the date of the termination or reduction notice, the energy payment may not be terminated or reduced until a hearing decision is rendered.

 

1104.4 A CEAP recipient who has been issued a notice of termination shall not continue to receive CEAP benefits unless the recipient has requested a fair hearing in accordance with the provisions of §1105 as set forth in these rules.

 

1104.5 A CEAP recipient who has been issued a reduction in energy payment notice shall receive the reduced payment with the next regular monthly issuance of CEAP energy checks unless the recipient has requested a fair hearing in accordance with the provisions of §1105 as set forth in these rules.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2934 (April 22, 1988).