South Carolina § 25-11-400 - Procedures governing acceptance, payment, and denial of applications.

§ 25-11-400. Procedures governing acceptance, payment, and denial of applications.

(A) The procedures governing the acceptance of applications are as follows:

(1) To receive consideration for a grant, applicants must request and submit an application provided by the department.

(2) All necessary documentation must be included with the application unless otherwise provided pursuant to DEERS and the applicant shall authorize access to DEERS for purposes of verification.

(3) Applications may be submitted via facsimile but the original documentation must be submitted before any grant payments are authorized.

(4) Incomplete applications must be returned to the applicant.

(5) The department, upon receipt of a complete original application, shall verify required information under DEERS and then shall process the information for payment. The application must be processed in an expeditious manner.

(B) The procedure governing payments are as follows:

(1) Payment must be made to the applicant who has met all eligibility requirements.

(2) The timeliness of payment is determined by the amount of funds available at the time of application.

(3) If adequate funds are not available, the application must be held in a queue until funds are available.

(4) Applications for casualty-based grants take precedence over all others.

(C) The procedures governing denials of applications are as follows:

(1) Grant applications from those not meeting eligibility requirements must be denied.

(2) A letter explaining the denial, as well as providing additional sources of available relief, must be sent to the applicant within thirty days after receipt of the application.

HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 308, SECTION 1.B; 2019 Act No. 26 (H.3438), SECTION 3, eff July 1, 2019.

Editor's Note

2019 Act No. 26, SECTION 4, provides as follows:

"SECTION 4. (A) All classified or unclassified personnel employed by these offices on the effective date of this act, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. The Department of Administration shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer in accordance with state laws and regulations.

"(B) Regulations promulgated by the Division of Veterans' Affairs as it formerly existed under the Department of Administration are continued and are considered to be promulgated by the newly created Department of Veterans' Affairs.

"(C) The Code Commissioner is directed to change or correct all references to Division of Veterans' Affairs within the Department of Administration in the 1976 Code, to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. References to the Division of Veterans' Affairs in the 1976 Code or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean appropriate reference to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. This authority shall not be construed to remove any authority from the Department of Administration for approval of statewide policies, procedures, regulations, rates and fees, or specific actions requiring Department of Administration approval."

Effect of Amendment

2019 Act No. 26, SECTION 3, in (A), in (1), substituted "department" for "division", and in (5), substituted "The department" for "The division".