A. 1. If a recipient, without good cause, does not cooperate with the Department of Human Services in approved work activities as required by the Department pursuant to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the Department shall close the case.

2. If a recipient, without good cause, does not cooperate with the Department in administering the child support enforcement program relating to the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support order, the Department shall reduce benefits to the recipient under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in an amount to be determined by the Department.

B. 1. The Department of Human Services shall establish and operate a fraud control program. The Department shall proceed against any individual member of a family, regardless of payment status under the TANF program, whom it believes to have committed an intentional program violation pursuant to federal law, through an administrative hearing or by referring the matter to the appropriate authorities for civil or criminal action in a state or federal court.

2. In proceeding against such an individual, the Department shall coordinate its actions with any corresponding actions being taken under Medicaid fraud programs where the factual issues arise from the same or related circumstances.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 346, § 25, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 414, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 230.16 of this title by Laws 1997, c. 414, § 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.