Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 3 - FOOD STAMP PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-21 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this subchapter:
"Allotment" means the total value of coupons a household
					 is authorized to receive each month or during another time period.
"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, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; or
(2) Is a veteran with a service-connected or nonservice
					 connected disability rated or paid as total by the Veterans Administration or
					 is considered in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound;
					 or
(3) Is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered in
					 need of aid and attendance or permanently housebound; or
(4) Is a surviving child of a veteran and considered to be
					 permanently incapable of self-support by the Veterans Administration; or
(5) Is a surviving spouse or child of a veteran and
					 entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for
					 non-service-connected death by the Veterans Administration and has permanent
					 disability. 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. No. 93-66 (
					 42 U.S.C.
					 §1382 ); 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 disability related medical
					 assistance under title XIX 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.
"Initial month" means the first month for which a
					 household is certified for participation in the food stamp program following
					 any period of more than one calendar month during which the household was not
					 certified for participation.
"Minimum benefit" means the least amount of benefits that
					 an eligible one or two member household can receive. The minimum benefit shall
					 be equal to 8 percent of the maximum thrifty food plan allotment for a one
					 member household, as specified in section
					 17-680-39.
"Month of application" means the calendar month in which a
					 household submits its application to the department to obtain food
					 stamps.