B Interviewing NA Expedited Applications
Effective 09/04/2020, see
Urgent Bulletin emailed 09/03/2020 regarding FSAD being modified to give a six-month certification period at renewal to all cases that received an extension of their original certification period.
The
Urgent Bulletin emailed 10/09/2020 is an extension of an earlier bulletin that informed staff about the waiver to allow for a verbal attestation in lieu of a signature on the application form. This waiver is approved until further notice.
Policy and procedures regarding interviews for expedited NA applications are outlined as follows:
New applications must be reviewed for NA expedited service during the
application screening. Applications screened as potentially eligible for expedited service must be interviewed within 5 days. The five days begin the day after receipt of the NA application.
When the fifth day falls on a weekend or holiday, the interview must be completed by the workday before the weekend or holiday.
FAA must allow eligible applicants an opportunity to participate in expedited services no later than seven days from the date of application. Participation in expedited services is defined as:
●Completion of an interview
●Issuance of an EBT card
●Authorization and issuance of NA benefits
NOTE When expedited NA benefits are not available to the participant by the seventh calendar day, see
EBT Issuance and Availability – Emergency Benefits.
When FAA cannot complete expedited processing of an application due to delays caused by the applicant, the application shall be processed according to normal new application time frames. (See
NA New Application Time Frames)
Applicants requesting, but not eligible for expedited service, must have the application processed according to normal
new application time frames.
Applicants who apply for CA and are an NA expedite, must have a single interview. The interview must be completed within the NA expedited processing time frame.
Applicants may become eligible for NA expedited services before the interview under the normal new application time frames. (See
Eligibility for Expedited Services)
When this occurs, complete the following at the interview:
●Ask the PI for an explanation of the change
●When the explanation is questionable, have the PI provide verification of their explanation
●Postpone verification and process the application as expedited when verification of their explanation cannot be obtained within the expedited time frames.
Key Y in the EXPEDITED FS field on
APMA.
NOTE When it is discovered that the applicant is eligible for expedited service after the application screening, document the change that has occurred and the date the change was discovered in the
case file(g).