Obviously, these types of losses attributed to overpayments are both material and significant. Additionally, it is the responsibility of all stakeholders to return any overpayment because every buyer is a seller at some point.
In addition to the increase from $35 to $250 CalWORKs overpayment threshold, Senate Bill (SB) 726 introduced a new CalWORKs discharge process for non-fraudulent overpayments. For purposes of the CalWORKs program, “discharge” means the overpayment has been end-dated without the possibility of further collection.