42.10.503    DEPARTMENT'S REVIEW OF SUBMITTED ACCOUNTS

(1) The department will only accept a debt for collection services if the department determines that the submitting agency has met its criteria for uncollectibility, unless the agency is exempted from this requirement under 17-4-105, MCA. The department will notify the agency of its acceptance or rejection of the debt for collection services.

(2) If the department determines that a submitting agency has not met its criteria for uncollectibility, the department may return the debt to that agency.

(3) Upon the department's request, the submitting agency shall submit all relevant evidence regarding a debt, including but not limited to documentation of the collection methods undertaken by the agency and any information that substantiates the debt.

History: 15-1-201, 17-4-110, MCA; IMP, 17-4-104, MCA; NEW, 2014 MAR p. 229, Eff. 1/31/14.