14.9.9 Recoupment - Providers
ISSUE DATE: 08/2021
If the provider continues to receive child care assistance payments, the CCAP agency must recoup the overpayment by reducing the amount of assistance paid to the provider for every payment at the rates indicated below until the overpayment debt is paid in full.
· When a provider has an overpayment due to family error or a combination of family and agency error, the recoupment amount is one-tenth the provider's payment or $20, whichever is greater.· When a provider has an overpayment due to the provider's failure to provide accurate information or a combination of failure to report accurate information and agency error, the recoupment amount is one-fourth the provider's payment or $50, whichever is greater.· When a provider has an overpayment due to wrongfully obtaining child care assistance as established by a court conviction, a court-ordered stay of conviction with probationary or other terms, a disqualification agreement, a pretrial diversion, or an administrative disqualification, the recoupment amount equals the greater of:- One-half the provider's payment.OR- 10 percent of the overpayment.OR- $100.If the provider no longer cares for children receiving child care assistance, see Chapter 14.9.15 (Civil recovery - Providers). If the provider later resumes caring for children receiving child care assistance, begin recouping the overpayment following the above rates, unless a different repayment schedule has been specified in a court order.
Legal authority
Minnesota Statutes 119B.011, subd. 21
Minnesota Statutes 119B.11, subd. 2a
Minnesota Statutes 256.98, subd. 1
Minnesota Rules 3400.0187
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