Bills Owed to Current Heating Vendor 415-30-20-10-05
(Revised 10/00 ML #2629)
The authorization period will be retroactive to the first month in which "continuous eligibility" was established if:
- the household has unpaid bills incurred prior to the month of application,
- the unpaid bills are owed to the household's current heating vendor, and
- the household was eligible during the month in which those bills were incurred.
Example 1: The household applies for LIHEAP in February and is determined eligible from February 1st to May 31st. However, the household has also incurred unpaid bills from October through January and has been found to be eligible for LIHEAP during October, December and January but not November. The authorization period will be submitted as December 1st through May 31st, provided the unpaid bills incurred during December through January were with the same vendor the household will be using for the remainder of the heating season. The vendor will be allowed to bill for these back bills in the same manner as he will bill for current unpaid bills on the computer print-out, "Request for Payment." The October bill will be paid with the "Miscellaneous and Emergency Payment" screen even though the payment may be issued to the current vendor.
Example 2: The household applies for LIHEAP in February and is determined eligible from February 1st through May 31st. The household has also incurred unpaid bills from October through January, but was eligible only during November. The authorization period will be from February 1st through May 31st. The November bills ONLY will be paid with the "Miscellaneous or Emergency Payment" screen even though the payment may be issued to the current vendor. The current vendor will be allowed to submit ONLY current unpaid bills on the computer Printout, "Request for Payment."
