Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 663 - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSEHOLD › Subchapter 1 - HOUSEHOLD CONCEPT › Section 17-663-1 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this subchapter:
"Boarder" means an individual to whom a household
					 furnishes lodging and meals for reasonable compensation.
"Cash out states" means states designated by the Secretary
					 of Health and Human Services which include specifically the value of the food
					 stamp allotment in the states' supplemental security income payments.
"Disabled member" means any member of the household
					 who:
(1) Receives supplemental security income benefits under
					 Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability or blindness payments under
					 Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; or
(2) Is a veteran with a service-connected or nonservice
					 connected disability rated by the Veterans Administration as total or paid as
					 total by the Veterans Administration under title 38 of the United States Code;
					 or
(3) Is a veteran considered by the Veteran's Administration
					 to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound under
					 title 38 of the United States Code; or
(4) Is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by
					 the Veterans Administration to be in need of regular aid and attendance or
					 permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the
					 Veterans Administration to be permanently incapable of self-support under title
					 38 of the United States Code; or
(5) Is a surviving spouse or surviving child of a veteran
					 and considered by the Veterans Administration to be entitled to compensation
					 for a service-connected death or pension benefits for nonservice-connected
					 death under title 38 of the United States Code and has a disability considered
					 permanent under section 221 (i) of the Social Security Act. As used in this
					 definition, "entitled" refers to those veterans' surviving spouses and
					 surviving children who are receiving the compensation or pension benefits
					 stated or have been approved for such payments but are not yet receiving them;
					 or
(6) Receives federally or state-administered supplemental
					 benefits under section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act provided that the
					 eligibility to receive the benefits is based upon the disability or blindness
					 criteria used under Title XVI of the Social Security Act; or
(7) Receives federally or state-administered supplemental
					 benefits under section 212(a) of Pub. L. 93-66; or
(8) Receives disability retirement benefits from a
					 governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under section
					 221(i) of the Social Security Act; or
(9) Received an annuity payment under section 2(a)(1)(iv)
					 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be eligible to
					 receive medicare by the railroad retirement board; or
(10) Receives an annuity payment under section 2(a)(1)(v)
					 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be disabled based
					 upon the criteria used under Title XVI of the Social Security Act; or
(11) Is a recipient of interim assistance benefits pending
					 the receipt of Supplemental Security Income, or a recipient of disability
					 related medical assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, or a
					 recipient of state funded assistance benefits provided that the eligibility to
					 receive any of these benefits is based upon disability or blindness criteria
					 established by the department which are at least as stringent as those used
					 under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
"Elderly member" means a member of a household who is
					 sixty years of age or older or who is fifty-nine years old on the date of
					 application but who will become sixty before the end of the month of
					 application.
"Ineligible alien" means an individual whose alien status
					 makes the individual ineligible for program benefits.
"Live-in-attendant" means an individual who resides in a
					 household to provide medical, housekeeping, child care, or other similar
					 personal services.
"Parental control" means minors who are dependent
					 financially or otherwise upon the household as opposed to independent
					 units.
"Roomer" means an individual to whom a household furnishes
					 lodging but not meals for reasonable compensation.
"Spouse" means either of two individuals:
(1) Who would be defined as married to each other under
					 section
					 572-1,
					 HRS; or
(2) Who are living together and are presenting themselves
					 to the community as husband and wife by representing themselves as such to
					 relatives, friends, neighbors, or tradespeople.
"SSI" means supplemental security income made in the form
					 of monthly cash payments under the authority of:
(1) Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, to
					 the aged, blind and disabled;
(2) Section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act; or
(3) Section 212(a) of Pub. L. No 93-66.
"SSN" means social security number.
"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" or "SNAP"
					 means the program formerly known as the food Stamp Program (FSP) or foods
					 stamps, as authorized by the food and Nutrition act of 2008.