Obligations of the department when acting as representative payee

16-2503. Obligations of the department when acting as representative payee. If the department is appointed to serve as the representative payee of a child in the legal custody of the department, the department shall: (1) Establish and maintain an appropriate account to use and conserve the child’s federal benefits for current unmet needs and future needs pursuant to the requirements of the funding source and any applicable asset and resource limits; (2) Annually review whether another qualified person, other than the department, could assume the role of representative payee and could better serve that role. If another qualified person is identified, the department shall assist in transferring the role of representative payee to such person; and (3) Provide an annual accounting of the use, application, or conservation of the child’s federal benefits to the child, the child’s attorney, the child’s guardian, and the child’s parents if parental rights have not been terminated.