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HI Rev Stat § 346-59.4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-59.4 Medical assistance to other children.

  §346-59.4 Medical assistance to other children. The department shall provide state-funded medical assistance, of up to two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level for Hawaii, to persons less than nineteen years of age who are:  (1) Legal permanent residents who arrived after August 22, 1996;  (2) Persons who are permanently residing under color of law; and  (3) Nonimmigrants from the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands who are citizens of:  (A) The Marshall Islands;  (B) The Federated States of Micronesia; or  (C) Palau,  as defined by the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985, P.L. 99-239, or the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau, P.L. 99-658, who are otherwise eligible for benefits under the State's medicaid program and the State's children health insurance program, but are ineligible due to restricted eligibility rules imposed by title XXI of the Social Security Act, the Personal Responsibility and Work [Opportunity] Reconciliation Act of 1996, the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985, P.L. 99-239, the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau, P.L. 99-658, or any other provision of federal law denying medical assistance to nonimmigrants who are citizens of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau. [L 2000, c 224, §2; am L 2007, c 236, § §4, 14; am L Sp 2009, c 8, §2; am L 2015, c 20, §5] Law Journals and Reviews  Navigating the Compact of Free Association: Three Decades of Supervised Self-Governance. 41 UH L. Rev. 384 (2019).
HI Rev Stat § 346-59.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-59.5 Enforcement of contracts.

  §346-59.5 Enforcement of contracts. (a) The director may monitor a health plan's performance during any contract period.  (b) In addition to any other administrative or judicial remedy, the director may impose civil or administrative monetary penalties not to exceed the maximum amount established by federal statutes and regulations if the health plan:  (1) Fails to provide medically necessary items and services that are required under law or under contract;  (2) Imposes upon beneficiaries excess premiums and charges;  (3) Acts to discriminate among enrollees;  (4) Misrepresents or falsifies information;  (5) Violates marketing guidelines; or  (6) Violates other contract provisions and requirements.  (c) The director may appoint temporary management to oversee compliance efforts if a health plan continues to engage in violations of contract, law or rules, or if there is a substantial risk to the health of enrollees.  (d) Pursuant to chapter 91, the director may adopt and enforce such rules as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.  (e) The director shall notify the insurance commissioner whenever a sanction under this section is contemplated. [L 1998, c 94, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 346-59.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-59.6 Medicaid overpayment recovery.

  §346-59.6 Medicaid overpayment recovery. The director shall recover medicaid overpayments made to providers. Medicaid overpayments shall be recovered due to a provider's ineligibility, noncovered service, noncovered drug, lack of prior authorization when a service requires one, incorrect payment allowance identified through any post payment review, or claims processing error. The director may recover overpayments through recoupment, tax offset under sections 231-51 to 231-59, and circuit court judgment. Nothing in this section shall limit the director's authority to recover overpayments through all other lawful means. [L 1998, c 293, §1; am L 2001, c 55, §16]
HI Rev Stat § 346-59.7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-59.7 Enforcement of decisions regarding medicaid overpayment recovery; judgment rendered thereon.

  §346-59.7 Enforcement of decisions regarding medicaid overpayment recovery; judgment rendered thereon. (a) The director may file in the circuit court in the jurisdiction in which the medicaid overpayment occurred a certified copy of:  (1) A decision of the director assessing a medicaid overpayment against a provider from which no appeal has been taken within the time allowed therefor;  (2) A decision of the director assessing a medicaid overpayment against a provider from which an appeal has been taken but in which no order has been made by the director, the administrative appeals officer, or the court that the appeal shall operate as a supersedeas or stay;  (3) A decision of the administrative appeals officer assessing a medicaid overpayment against a provider from which no appeal has been taken within the time allowed therefor; or  (4) A decision of the administrative appeals officer assessing a medicaid overpayment against a provider from which an appeal has been taken but in which no order has been made by the administrative appeals officer or the court that the appeal shall operate as a supersedeas or stay. The court shall render a judgment in accordance with the decision and notify the parties thereof. The judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same, as though the judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by the court, except that there shall be no appeal therefrom.  (b) In all cases in which an appeal from the decision has been taken within the time provided, but in which the director, the administrative appeals officer, or the court has not issued an order that the appeal shall operate as a supersedeas or stay, the decree or judgment of the circuit court shall provide that the decree or judgment shall become void if the decision or award of the director or administrative appeals officer, as the case may be is later set aside.  (c) As used in this section, the term "administrative appeals officer" means the director's designated subordinate appointed to contested case hearings pursuant to chapter 91, and this chapter. [L 1998, c 293, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 346-59.8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-59.8 REPEALED.

  §346-59.8 REPEALED. L 2003, c 191, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 346-60 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-60 Group therapy; reimbursement for services.

  §346-60 Group therapy; reimbursement for services. (a) The department shall establish rules pursuant to chapter 91 to permit payment to providers of group therapy services to recipients under this chapter.  (b) For the purposes of this section, "group therapy" shall be defined as psychotherapeutic treatment delivery in which a patient receives treatment as a member of a group of patients receiving similar treatment, involving interaction both between the patient and the practitioner and among patients, and which is supervised by a practitioner licensed under chapters 453 or 465. [L 1976, c 236, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 346-61 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-61 Optometric services, choice.

  §346-61 Optometric services, choice. Whenever visual or optometric services within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist are included in any program, financed with public funds or administered by any public agency, for aid to the indigent, the aged, the legally blind, or any other group or class, the recipient of the aid shall be entitled to choose whether the services are to be performed by a duly licensed physician or by a duly licensed optometrist. Visual or optometric services as used herein include eye and/or visual examination or a correction of any vision or muscular anomaly and the supplying of ophthalmic materials, including contact lenses and subnormal vision aids. [L 1977, c 36, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 346-62 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-62 Examination of blind.

  §346-62 Examination of blind. The department of human services shall not approve an application for public assistance to a blind person until the applicant has been examined by an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or a qualified physician designated by it to make such examinations. The examining person shall certify to the department the diagnosis, prognosis, and visual acuity of the applicant. Certification shall be in forms prescribed by the department. [L 1977, c 36, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 346-63 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-63 Social services.

  §346-63 Social services. (a) The department shall adopt rules to provide social services pursuant to the Social Security Act, as amended, to eligible persons who are residents of the State. Such rules shall include provisions to permit payment for social services received by recipients from individuals, organizations, or other public or private agencies, and to enable the recipients to satisfy statutory requirements of state and federal tax and employment insurance programs.  (b) The department may contract for the purchase of social services to be performed for the benefit of eligible recipients from individuals, organizations, and private or public agencies, or to reimburse an eligible recipient for department authorized social services obtained directly from individuals. Persons performing authorized social services obtained directly by the recipient shall not be considered employees of the State. The rate of payment for social services obtained directly by the recipient from an individual who is not self-employed shall reflect the recipient's obligation under state and federal tax and employment insurance laws. [L 1978, c 110, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 346-64 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-64 REPEALED.

  §346-64 REPEALED. L 1999, c 51, §1.
HI Rev Stat § 346-64.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-64.5 Eligibility for chore services. (a) An applicant for chore services shall be eligible when the applicant meets program requirements for chore services and income eligibility standards as established by the department of human services. Income eligibility standards shall include individuals who have been found eligible for medical assistance under the department's medicaid program. (b) For the purposes of this section, "chore services" means essential housecleaning and related activities such as marketing, cooking, and cleaning. [L 1988, c 208, §1] Cross References Medicaid home and community-based waiver programs, see chapter 346D.

  §346-64.5 Eligibility for chore services. (a) An applicant for chore services shall be eligible when the applicant meets program requirements for chore services and income eligibility standards as established by the department of human services. Income eligibility standards shall include individuals who have been found eligible for medical assistance under the department's medicaid program.  (b) For the purposes of this section, "chore services" means essential housecleaning and related activities such as marketing, cooking, and cleaning. [L 1988, c 208, §1] Cross References  Medicaid home and community-based waiver programs, see chapter 346D.
HI Rev Stat § 346-65 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-65 Child abuse and neglect discretionary emergency assistance.

  §346-65 Child abuse and neglect discretionary emergency assistance. (a) The department may grant funds to a family for child abuse and neglect discretionary emergency assistance in accordance with this section. The purpose of these grants is to assist children and families when an emergency situation arises or is imminent which may cause child abuse or neglect or has caused children and families to need assistance from the department pursuant to chapter 587A, and the financial assistance may prevent the abuse or neglect, prevent the removal of a child from a family, or would meet the immediate needs of a child who has been removed from a family.  (b) Emergency assistance shall be authorized when:  (1) A situation arises or is imminent which presents an immediate or imminent threat of child abuse or neglect or has caused children and families to need assistance from the department pursuant to chapter 587A;  (2) The family is eligible for public assistance or has no available financial resources;  (3) Financial assistance may eliminate or alleviate the situation and remove the immediate or imminent threat of child abuse or neglect; and  (4) No other financial resources are available from within the family or from other public or private source which could be used to eliminate or alleviate the situation.  (c) Emergency assistance may be used for shelter, respite child care, clothing, transportation, medical costs, utilities, food, repairs, essential equipment, and other goods or services which in the discretion of the department are necessary to eliminate or alleviate the emergency situation.  (d) A family shall not be granted more than $1,000 in emergency assistance during one fiscal year; except that under an exceptional situation as determined by the director, a family may be granted not more than $2,000 during one fiscal year.  (e) For the purposes of this chapter only, emergency assistance shall not be considered income to the head of household or family nor as part of the family's assistance allowance. [L 1986, c 160, §1; am L 1988, c 327, §4; am L 2010, c 135, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 346-66 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-66 Psychological services.

  §346-66 Psychological services. When the health care or rehabilitative services authorized under this chapter are services which a psychologist is licensed to render under chapter 465, the department shall not require referral, direction, or prescription of services by another health care practitioner. [L 1987, c 290, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 346-67 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-67 Medical foods and low-protein modified food products; treatment of inborn error of metabolism; notice.

 §346-67 Medical foods and low-protein modified food products; treatment of inborn error of metabolism; notice. (a) Public assistance recipients in this State who receive medical assistance pursuant to this chapter shall be allowed coverage for medical foods and low-protein modified food products for the treatment of an inborn error of metabolism; provided that the medical food or low-protein modified food product is:  (1) Prescribed as medically necessary for the therapeutic treatment of an inborn error of metabolism; and  (2) Consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 453.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate this subsection.  (b) All health maintenance organizations and prepaid health plans with which the department executes risk contracts for the provision of medical care to eligible public assistance recipients shall provide notice to their members regarding the coverage required by this section. The notice shall be in writing and prominently placed in any literature or correspondence sent to members and shall be transmitted to members within calendar year 2000 when annual information is made available to members, or in any other mailing to members, but in no case later than December 31, 2000.  (c) For the purposes of this section:  "Inborn error of metabolism" means a disease caused by an inherited abnormality of the body chemistry of a person that is characterized by deficient metabolism, originating from congenital defects or defects arising shortly after birth, of amino acid, organic acid, carbohydrate, or fat.  "Low-protein modified food product" means a food product that:  (1) Is specially formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving;  (2) Is prescribed or ordered by a physician or osteopathic physician as medically necessary for the dietary treatment of an inborn error of metabolism; and  (3) Does not include a food that is naturally low in protein.  "Medical food" means a food that is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician and is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation. [L 1999, c 86, §1; am L 2009, c 11, §45]
HI Rev Stat § 346-68 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-68 Bridge to hope program; transitional benefits.

  §346-68 Bridge to hope program; transitional benefits. (a) There is created within the department a post-secondary education benefits program, to be known as the bridge to hope program, for heads of households in the first-to-work program.  (b) To receive assistance under this program, the participant shall:  (1) Be enrolled as a student each term in an approved course of study including, but not limited to, vocational education;  (2) Maintain passing grades or better throughout the course of study; and  (3) Meet work activity requirements as defined by the department.  (c) Internships, externships, practicums, or any other work training required by the course of study shall count toward the recipient's work requirement.  (d) The department shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out the purpose of this section. [L 2000, c 276, §2; am L 2008, c 82, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 346-69 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-69 Welfare safety net program; department of human services.

  §346-69 Welfare safety net program; department of human services. The department of human services may create a welfare safety net program entitled "Keeping Hope Alive" to assist working families that will be disqualified from receiving further public assistance as a consequence of reaching the five-year time limit set by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity [Reconciliation] Act of 1996. [L 2001, c 150, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 346-70 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-70 Medical assistance for other pregnant women.

  §346-70 Medical assistance for other pregnant women. (a) The department may provide state-funded medical assistance to a pregnant woman age nineteen years of age or older whose countable family income does not exceed one hundred and eighty-five per cent of the federal poverty level for a family of applicable size, including the expected unborn children. The pregnant woman shall be:  (1) A legal immigrant who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996; and  (2) Otherwise eligible for benefits under the State's medicaid program but is prohibited from participating in any medical assistance program under title XIX of the Social Security Act for a period of five years beginning on the date of her entry into the United States, due to restricted eligibility rules imposed by title XIX of the Social Security Act and the Personal Responsibility and Work [Opportunity] Reconciliation Act of 1996.  (b) Once determined eligible for medical assistance under this section, the pregnant woman shall continue to be eligible throughout her pregnancy and through the last day of the calendar month in which the sixty-day period following childbirth ends.  (c) Assets shall not be evaluated for eligibility purposes.  (d) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to determine eligibility for medical assistance. [L 2004, c 160, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 346-72 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-72 Applications.

  §346-72 Applications. Applications for general assistance to households without minor dependents shall be made by the applicant or by someone acting in the applicant's behalf in the manner, place, and form prescribed by the department of human services. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4864; RL 1955, §108-42; HRS §346-72; am L 1970, c 105, §5; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1997, c 200, § §8, 11; am L 1998, c 127, §5] Case Notes  Regulations providing that applications be processed within a stated period require good faith compliance that is reasonable in view of the resources available to the department to carry out welfare functions. 54 H. 125, 504 P.2d 1217 (1972).
HI Rev Stat § 346-73 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-73 REPEALED.

  §346-73 REPEALED. L 1975, c 145, §2.
HI Rev Stat § 346-74 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-74 Representative payee.

  §346-74 Representative payee. (a) Persons determined to be eligible under section 346-71 because they have a primary diagnosis of substance abuse shall have their benefits issued through a representative payee. The representative payee shall be designated by the department of health.  (b) Persons whose eligibility is not determined until after December 1, 1995, shall have their benefits issued through a representative payee. Persons whose eligibility has been determined prior to December 1, 1995, shall have their benefits issued through a representative payee when recertified.  [(c)] The department of health shall submit annual reports to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, detailing the money expended during the year on the representative payee program and providing general demographic data, such as age, ethnicity, gender, and geographic residence, of the people served by the program. [L 1995, c 207, § §2, 5]
HI Rev Stat § 346-75 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-75 REPEALED.

  §346-75 REPEALED. L 1998, c 127, §3. Cross References  For similar provision, see §346-14.5.
HI Rev Stat § 346-90 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|346. Department of Human Services|346-90 REPEALED.

  §346-90 REPEALED. L 1978, c 107, §7.