Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-11.3 - Application of payment
Payment will be applied only to debts subject to collection pursuant to subrule 11.2(4).
(1)
Application of payment to a single program area.
a. If there is more than one debt in a
program, payment will be applied:
(1) First to
all debts that have an agreement in chronological order of discovery,
and
(2) Then to debts that do not
have an agreement in chronological order of discovery until all debts have been
paid in full or the full payment amount has been exhausted.
b. For SNAP, payment will be
applied first to all debts with an agreement and then to debts without an
agreement. Within those two groupings, payment will be applied in the following
order:
(1) First to state-only debts in
chronological order of discovery,
(2) Then to intentional program violation
(IPV) debts in chronological order of discovery,
(3) Then to inadvertent household error (IHE)
debts in chronological order of discovery, and
(4) Then to agency error debts in
chronological order of discovery.
(2)
Application of payment to
multiple program areas. If there are debts in more than one program
area of public assistance , payments received will be applied to those program
areas as indicated by the mode of repayment (SNAP benefits, FIP benefits) or as
indicated by the client at the time of payment.
(3)
Application of undesignated cash
payment. If an undesignated cash payment is received, it will be
applied to each program area proportionally based on the cumulative balance of
all debts in all program areas combined.
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