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HI Rev Stat § 346-2.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-2.5 Criminal history record checks.

 §346-2.5 Criminal history record checks. (a) The department shall develop procedures for obtaining verifiable information regarding the criminal history of any person who is employed or seeking employment, including a contractor and its employees or agents if prior authority to access federal tax information has been provided by the United States Department of the Treasury, if the person will require access to federal tax information. The procedures shall include criminal history record checks in accordance with section 846-2.7. Information obtained pursuant to this subsection shall be used exclusively by the department for the purpose of determining whether a person is suitable for accessing federal tax information in accordance with applicable federal laws.  (b) The department may terminate or deny employment to any employee or applicant, or terminate or refuse to secure the services of a contractor and its employees or agents authorized under subsection (a), if the department finds by reason of the nature and circumstances of the background investigation conducted under subsection (a) that the employee, applicant, contractor, or contractor's employees or agents pose a risk to the security of federal tax information. Termination or denial of employment under this subsection shall only occur after appropriate notification to the employee, applicant, or contractor of the findings of the background investigation, and after the employee, applicant, or contractor is given an opportunity to respond to the findings. Nothing in this subsection shall abrogate any applicable appeal rights under chapters 76 and 89, or administrative rules of the department.  (c) The department shall be exempt from section 831-3.1 and need not conduct investigations, notifications, or hearings under this section in accordance with chapter 91. [L 2017, c 132, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 346-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-3 Compensation of employees.

 §346-3 Compensation of employees. The compensation of all personnel in the department of human services shall be fixed by the director of human services pursuant to any applicable classification law. [L 1941, c 296, §1(4); RL 1945, §4804; am L 1951, c 264, §2; RL 1955, §107-4; HRS §346-3; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4] Cross References  Classification law, see §76-13.5.
HI Rev Stat § 346-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-4 REPEALED.

 §346-4 REPEALED. L 1989, c 247, §1.
HI Rev Stat § 346-4.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-4.5 Investigators; authority and access to records.

  §346-4.5 Investigators; authority and access to records. (a) The director shall appoint and commission one or more investigators as the exigencies of the public service may require. Persons appointed and commissioned under this section shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of a police officer or of a deputy sheriff, provided that the persons so appointed and commissioned shall not carry any firearms.  (b) Information necessary to investigate fraud and other crimes relating to public assistance, to locate absent parents, to establish paternity, to obtain and enforce court orders of support, and to investigate incidents at the Hawaii youth correctional facilities, and contained within the records of any agency, board, commission, authority, or committee of the State or its political subdivisions shall be made available to any commissioned investigator of the department of human services, notwithstanding any provision for confidentiality. [L 1976, c 83, §1; am L 1979, c 176, §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11; am L 2009, c 62, §2] Cross References  Medicaid fraud unit, see §28-91. Case Notes  State has compelling interest in ensuring that medicaid program is not being defrauded. 481 F. Supp. 1028 (1979).
HI Rev Stat § 346-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-5 Reports.

 §346-5 Reports. The director of human services shall file with the governor a written report or reports at such times, at least once in each year, and in such form as shall be requested by the governor covering the condition and activities of the department of human services and of each division thereof. [L 1941, c 296, §1(10); RL 1945, §4810; RL 1955, §107-10; HRS §346-5; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4] Cross References  Annual reports, see §93-12.
HI Rev Stat § 346-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-6 Appropriations; expenditures; donations.

 §346-6 Appropriations; expenditures; donations. Moneys provided by the legislature for expenditure by the department of human services shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the director of human services or the director's duly authorized subordinates.  All contributions or donations of money to the department shall be paid into the state treasury to be expended according to law and for purposes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contributions or donations, and all such moneys are appropriated for such purposes; provided that no such contributions or donations shall be accepted by the department except for expenditures within the purposes of this chapter. The department may accept donations other than money, provided the donations may be used within the purposes of this chapter, and if accepted, may pay for the storage, handling, and distribution of same; provided that any capital expenditures in connection with the storage, handling, and distribution shall be approved by the governor. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4822; RL 1955, §108-2; HRS §346-6; am L 1970, c 105, §5; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 346-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-7 Acceptance of grants-in-aid or outright grants.

  §346-7 Acceptance of grants-in-aid or outright grants. (a) The department of human services may accept, at any time, grants-in-aid or outright grants from the federal government or any department thereof for general assistance, medical assistance, care of transients, and other nonresidents, and cooperate with the federal government in connection therewith.  (b) The department shall submit a report detailing all funds received under this section to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4823; RL 1955, §108-3; HRS §346-7; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1993, c 280, §58]
HI Rev Stat § 346-7.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-7.5 Spouse and child abuse special fund.

  §346-7.5 Spouse and child abuse special fund. (a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "spouse and child abuse special fund", and to be administered and expended by the department of human services.  (b) The proceeds of the special fund shall be reserved for use by the department of human services for staff programs, and grants or purchases of service, consistent with chapters 42F and 103F, that support or provide spouse or child abuse intervention or prevention as authorized by law. These proceeds shall be used for new or existing programs and shall not supplant any other funds previously allocated to these programs.  (c) The special fund shall consist of fees remitted pursuant to sections 338-14.5 and 572-5, income tax remittances allocated under section 235-102.5, federal reimbursements received through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act received in the following fiscal year from which the Title IV-E funds were expended, interest and investment earnings, grants, donations, and contributions from private or public sources. All realizations of the special fund shall be subject to the conditions specified in subsection (b).  (d) The department of human services shall submit an annual report to the legislature, prior to the convening of each regular session, providing an accounting of the receipts of and expenditures from the special fund.  (e) All unencumbered and unexpended moneys in excess of $3,000,000 in the spouse and child abuse special fund shall lapse to the credit of the general fund. Upon dissolution of the spouse and child abuse special fund, any unencumbered moneys in the fund shall lapse to the general fund. [L 1994, c 232, §2; am L 1997, c 190, §6; am L 2004, c 228, §3; am L 2019, c 84, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 346-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-8 Additional funds.

 §346-8 Additional funds. (a) The department of human services may accept and deposit with the director of finance, for use in carrying out any of the purposes of this chapter or for costs of administration, any funds which may be provided by the United States government, any county, or any other source, in each case upon such terms and conditions as the department, in its discretion, may approve. All such funds shall be deemed additional to the funds provided by legislative appropriation. Any such funds received in reimbursement of expenditures made from funds provided by legislative appropriation for any purpose are reappropriated for the same purpose.  (b) Except as expressly otherwise provided, all appropriations made by the legislature shall be deemed subject to the foregoing provisions, to the end that the amounts of such appropriations shall be deemed to limit the amounts expendable from the general fund of the State but not to limit the amounts expendable by the department.  (c) The department shall submit a report detailing all moneys received under this section to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. [L 1933, c 209, §22; RL 1935, chap IV, appendix, §22; am L 1941, c 213, §1(19); am L 1943, c 101, pt of §2; RL 1945, §4813; RL 1955, §107-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §346-8; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1993, c 280, §59] Case Notes  Cited: 35 H. 855, 864 (1941), aff'd 130 F.2d 786 (1942).
HI Rev Stat § 346-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-9 Workshop program.

  §346-9 Workshop program. (a) All moneys to fund workshop or home labor activities for welfare recipients or other persons who, in the opinion of the department, would benefit from the experience, and all moneys for the purchase of materials, machinery, and other facilities and for the erection, operation, and conduct of the workshops, and for the payment of compensation, as the department may authorize, shall be allocated by the legislature through appropriations out of the state general fund.  (b) The department shall include in its budgetary request for each upcoming fiscal period, the amounts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.  (c) All moneys received from other funding sources, including federal sources and all moneys derived from the sale of products of the workshops or home labor shall be deposited to the credit of the state general fund. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4824; RL 1955, §108-4; am L 1959, c 246, §18; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §346-9; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1993, c 280, §40]
HI Rev Stat § 346-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-11 Unauthorized disclosure or inspection.

 §346-11 Unauthorized disclosure or inspection. Any person, including any person acquiring information through inspection permitted the person or another under section 346-10, who, knowing the information to have been acquired from the confidential records or files of the department of human services, intentionally divulges the same other than as authorized by law, or who intentionally and knowingly aids or abets in the inspection of such applications or records by any person unauthorized to inspect the same under this chapter or other provisions of law, shall be guilty of a violation. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4826; RL 1955, §108-6; HRS §346-11; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1978, c 105, §3; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 339, §4] Case Notes  Confidentiality requirement insufficient to prevent administrative inspection procedures from unconstitutionally intruding into patient's freedom to decide whether to seek aid of psychiatrist and communicate personal information. 481 F. Supp. 1028 (1979).
HI Rev Stat § 346-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-12 Hearing.

 §346-12 Hearing. An applicant or recipient, deeming oneself aggrieved, shall be entitled to appeal to the director in the manner prescribed by department rules and shall be afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing at which all of the evidence presented by the parties, to the extent allowed by chapter 91, shall be considered in a fair and impartial manner. [L 1941, c 296, §1(8); RL 1945, §4808; RL 1955, §107-8; HRS §346-12; am L 1970, c 105, §5; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 2004, c 207, §1] Cross References  Hearings, see chapter 91. Case Notes  Section together with 45 CFR 2505.10, satisfies due process. 66 H. 489, 666 P.2d 1135 (1983).
HI Rev Stat § 346-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-13 Attendance and testimony of witnesses.

  §346-13 Attendance and testimony of witnesses. (a) In all hearings or investigations conducted by or initiated at the request of the director of human services or the director's designated subordinate with respect to all matters reasonably related to department functions and programs, the director or the director's designated subordinate shall have the same powers respecting the administering of oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers, documents, or objects deemed relevant to the investigation or inquiry, and examining or causing to be examined witnesses as are possessed by a circuit court and may take depositions and certify to official acts. Books, papers, documents, or objects obtained pursuant to such an investigation or inquiry may be retained by the director or the director's designated subordinate for a reasonable period of time for the purpose of examination, audit, copying, testing, or photographing. The circuit courts upon application by any of such officers shall have power to enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of any witnesses so subpoenaed and the production of books, papers, documents, or objects. Subpoena and witness fees and mileage in such cases shall be the same as in criminal cases in the circuit court. Necessary expenses of or in connection with the hearings or investigations shall be payable from the funds appropriated for expenses of the department of human services.  (b) Upon the written request of the director of human services or a designated subordinate, a financial institution, including but not limited to banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions, shall furnish the records of accounts, deposits, and withdrawals of any applicant for or recipient of public assistance. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the director shall require every applicant for public assistance to furnish written consent to authorize any financial institution to furnish the records of accounts, deposits, and withdrawals of such applicant. The director at the time of making a written request for information, shall provide to the financial institution written certification that the applicant for or recipient of public assistance has furnished such written consent. The director shall pay a reasonable fee to each such institution, not to exceed the actual cost of providing the information requested. [L 1941, c 296, §1(9); RL 1945, §4809; RL 1955, §107-9; HRS §346-13; am L 1973, c 31, pt of §21; am L 1978, c 105, §4; am L 1984, c 197, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 346-14.3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-14.3 Guiding principles to be used by state agencies when dealing with children of incarcerated parents.

  §346-14.3 Guiding principles to be used by state agencies when dealing with children of incarcerated parents. The guiding principles to be used by the state agencies when dealing with children of incarcerated parents shall be as follows:  (1) Children should be treated with respect and dignity at all times;   (2) The children's safety and care should be of paramount importance to all involved;  (3) If the children so choose, communication avenues should be made available such that the children should have opportunities to see, speak to, or visit parents, where appropriate;  (4) State support for the children should be provided as resources permit;  (5) The children should be kept safe and informed at the time of the parent's arrest;  (6) The children's wishes should be taken into consideration regarding any decisions made concerning their welfare;  (7) The children's wishes should be taken into consideration when decisions are made about their incarcerated parent;  (8) Children should be well cared for in the absence of an incarcerated parent;  (9) Children should receive proper support during any struggles with the parent's incarceration;  (10) Children should not be judged, blamed, or labeled because of a parent's incarceration; and  (11) Children should receive support for the desire to retain a relationship with an incarcerated parent, where appropriate. [L Sp 2008, c 7, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 346-14.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-14.5 Financial assistance advisory council; established.

  §346-14.5 Financial assistance advisory council; established. (a) There is created within the department for administrative purposes the financial assistance advisory council. The financial assistance advisory council shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the director. The members of the financial assistance advisory council shall serve at the pleasure of the director and without compensation.  (b) The financial assistance advisory council shall have the function of rendering advice and information to the department on matters relating to financial assistance programs including rendering advice and information for the determination of the amount of benefit payments under sections 346-52, 346-53, and 346-71, including but not limited to temporary assistance to needy families (TANF), temporary assistance to other needy families (TAONF), and general assistance to households without minor dependents. The council shall be advisory and informational in nature only and shall not have the power to adopt rules.  (c) The financial assistance advisory council may request the assistance of professional facilitators and mediators as necessary. [L 1998, c 127, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 346-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-16 Definitions.

 §346-16 Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter:  "Child caring institution" means any institution other than an institution of the State, maintained for the purpose of receiving six or more minor children for care and maintenance, not of common parents, apart from their parents or guardians on a twenty-four hour basis for monetary payment. This term shall not apply to any boarding school which is essentially and primarily engaged in educational work.  "Child placing organization" means any person, agency, or organization, except family courts and the department of human services, engaged in the investigation, placement, and supervision of children in foster care.  "Former foster youth" means a person formerly placed under the jurisdiction of the department as a foster child by the family court pursuant to chapter 587A who has attained the age of eighteen while under the placement responsibility of the department or who was under the placement responsibility of the department when a legally responsible caregiver was granted custody.  "Institution of higher education" means any institution normally requiring a high school diploma or equivalency certificate for enrollment, including but not limited to colleges, universities, and vocational or technical schools.  "Prospective adoptive parents" means a person, or persons who are married to each other, applying with the department to adopt a child or children.  "Resource family home" means any boarding home in which:  (1) One or more, but fewer than six, minor children are received; or  (2) Six or more minor siblings are placed together in the best interests of the children, for care and maintenance apart from their parents or guardians on a twenty-four hour basis for fee or charge.  (b) None of the facilities defined in subsection (a) shall be considered a special treatment facility in the sense of section 321-11(10) unless clinical treatment of mental, emotional or physical disease or handicap is a part of the routine program or constitutes the main purpose of the facility. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, pt of §4830; am L 1949, c 353, pt of §1; am L 1953, c 153, pt of §5 and c 191, pt of §1; RL 1955, §108-10; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §20; am L 1965, c 232, §1; HRS §346-16; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1980, c 303, §9(1); am L 1981, c 84, §2; am L 1985, c 209, §1; am L 1986, c 297, §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1989, c 394, §2; am L 1999, c 152, §1; am L 2000, c 108, §2; am L 2001, c 80, §1; am L 2003, c 95, §9(1); am L 2008, c 198, §1; am L 2010, c 135, §7; am L 2016, c 133, §2] Note  "Foster boarding home" changed to "resource family home". L 2016, c 133, §2.
HI Rev Stat § 346-17.2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-17.2 Health assessment.

  §346-17.2 Health assessment. The department shall ensure the provision of a comprehensive health assessment for each child in out-of-home placement forty-five days before or after an initial placement. [L 2010, c 135, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 346-17.3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-17.3 Motor vehicle insurance. The parents of a child under foster care who has obtained a driver's license shall pay the costs of the child's motor vehicle insurance, unless the court determines the parents to be financially unable to pay the costs, in which case the child's insurance costs shall be paid pursuant to sections 431:10C-407 and 431:10C-410. [L 2010, c 135, pt of §2]

  §346-17.3 Motor vehicle insurance. The parents of a child under foster care who has obtained a driver's license shall pay the costs of the child's motor vehicle insurance, unless the court determines the parents to be financially unable to pay the costs, in which case the child's insurance costs shall be paid pursuant to sections 431:10C-407 and 431:10C-410. [L 2010, c 135, pt of §2]