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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-46 - Certification periods

Current through June, 2024
(a) Households that
				  are certified on an expedited basis shall be assigned a normal certification
				  period. If verification is postponed, the branch shall issue these household's
				  benefits only for the month of application.
(b) When verification is postponed, the
				  branch shall notify the household in writing that no further benefits will be
				  issued until the postponed verification is completed. The notice shall also
				  advise the household that if verification results in changes in the household's
				  eligibility or level of benefits, the branch shall act on those changes without
				  advance notice of adverse action. When these households provide the postponed
				  verification, the branch shall issue the second month's benefits within five
				  working days from receipt of the verification or the first working day of the
				  second calendar month, whichever is later. When the postponed verification is
				  not completed within thirty days of the date of application, the branch shall
				  terminate the household's participation and shall issue no further
				  benefits.
(c) If a household who
				  was terminated for failure to submit the postponed verification subsequently
				  reapplies for assistance, the household shall not be eligible for expedited
				  processing, even if the household meets the expedited criteria as stated in
				  section 17-647-42, until the household provides the required verification of
				  any previously postponed verification that have not been verified, which are
				  still applicable to the household. Once the postponed verification is verified,
				  the branch shall process the application within the five calendar days
				  expedited processing standard as specified in section 17-647-44 starting from
				  the date the previously postponed verification is verified. The applicant
				  household, if eligible for assistance, shall be certified in accordance with
				  subsection (a).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-47 - No limit to expedited procedure

Current through June, 2024
There shall be no limit to the number of times a household
					 may be certified under the expedited procedures, provided that, prior to each
					 expedited certification, the household either completes the verification
					 requirements that were postponed at the last expedited certification or the
					 household was certified under regular processing standards since the last
					 expedited certification.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-48 - Ineligible for expedited service

Current through June, 2024
Households not entitled to expedited service shall have
					 the households' applications processed according to regular
					 standards.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-49 - Definition of destitute households

Current through June, 2024
The household of a seasonal farmworker having little or no
					 income at the time of application which is in need of immediate food
					 assistance, even though the household receives income at some other time during
					 the month of application, shall be considered destitute if the household's
					 circumstances are as specified in section
					 17-647-51 to section
					 17-647-53. Households other than
					 seasonal farmworker households shall not be considered
					 destitute.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-50 - Source defined

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household's
				  source of income shall be its employer or in the case of a self-employed
				  person, the self-employment enterprise, or from sources considered as unearned
				  income such as workers compensation, unemployment insurance benefits, and
				  social security benefits.
(b) A
				  household member who changes jobs but continues to work for the same employer
				  shall be considered as still receiving income from the same source.
(c) Similarly, a self-employed household who
				  secures contracts or other work from different customers shall still be
				  considered as receiving income from the same source.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-51 - Destitute households - terminated income source

Current through June, 2024
(a) Seasonal
				  farmworker households whose only income for the month of application was from a
				  terminated source and was received prior to the date of application shall be
				  considered destitute and shall be entitled to expedited service. Income shall
				  be considered as being from a terminated source if it:
(1) Is received monthly or more frequently
				  and will not be received again from that same source in the month of
				  application or in the month following application; or
(2) Is normally received less often than on a
				  monthly basis and will not be received in the month the next payment from that
				  source is normally received.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-52 - Destitute households - new source

Current through June, 2024
(a) Seasonal
				  farmworker households whose only income for the month of application is from a
				  new source and who will not receive income of more than $25 from a new source
				  by the tenth calendar day following the date of application shall be considered
				  destitute. Income shall be considered as being from a new source when:
(1) $25 or less of income that is normally
				  received monthly or more frequently has been received from that source within
				  thirty days prior to the date the application was filed; or
(2) $25 or less of income that is normally
				  received less often than monthly was not received within the last normal
				  interval between payments.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-53 - Destitute households - both sources

Current through June, 2024
(a) Seasonal
				  farmworker households may receive both income from a terminated source prior to
				  the date of application, and income from a new source after the date of
				  application.
(b) The households
				  shall be considered destitute if no other income is received in the month of
				  application and the households will not receive income of more than $25 from
				  the new source by the tenth calendar day after the date of
				  application.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 647 - APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS EXPEDITED PROCESSING › Section 17-647-54 - Determining eligibility and level of benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Seasonal
				  farmworker households which are determined to be destitute shall have the
				  households' eligibility determined and level of benefits calculated for the
				  month of application by considering only income which is received between the
				  first of the month and the date of application. Any income from a new source
				  that is anticipated after the day of application shall be
				  disregarded.
(b) Some employers may
				  provide travel advances to cover the travel costs of new employees who journey
				  to the location of new employment.
(1) Where
				  the payments are excluded as reimbursements, receipt of travel advances shall
				  not affect the determination of when a household is considered
				  destitute.
(2) If the travel
				  advance is by written contract, an advance on wages that will be subtracted
				  from the employee's future wages, rather than a reimbursement, the wage advance
				  shall count as income.
(3) The
				  receipt of a wage advance for the travel costs of a new employee shall not
				  affect the determination of whether subsequent payments from the employer are
				  from a new source of income, nor whether a household shall be considered
				  destitute.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-648-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
This chapter establishes the circumstances, time periods,
					 and conditions under which redeterminations of eligibility for continuing
					 financial assistance and food stamps shall be made.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-648-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter: "Adequate notice" means a written
					 notice that includes:
(1) A statement of the action the agency has taken or
					 intends to take;
(2) The reason for the intended action;
(3) The household's right to request a fair hearing;
(4) The name of the person to contact for additional
					 information;
(5) The availability of continued benefits; and
(6) The liability of the household for any overpayments
					 received while awaiting a fair hearing if the hearing official's decision is
					 adverse to the household.
The notice may be received prior to agency action, at the
					 time reduced benefits are received, or if benefits are terminated, at the time
					 benefits would have been received if they had not been terminated.
"Allotment" means the total value of food stamp coupons a
					 household is authorized to receive each month or during another time
					 period.
"Certification period" means a definite period of time
					 established by the branch during which the household shall be eligible for
					 program benefits unless notified otherwise through appropriate notification
					 procedures.
"Change in circumstance" means any event, reported or
					 unreported to the department, which alters or changes the conditions on which
					 eligibility for or the amount of benefits was last determined. Changes in
					 circumstance shall include, but shall not be limited to, changes in household
					 composition, employment, educational status, training, rehabilitation status,
					 the source of income, the amount of income, the receipt of a resource, the
					 amount of a resource, the recipient's needs, residence, or the severity of
					 disability or blindness.
"First-to-Work program or FTW" means the education,
					 training, and work programs administered by the department.
"Redetermination" means a redetermination of the
					 household's eligibility to continue to receive program benefits beyond the
					 current certification period.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE › Section 17-648-3 - General provisions for eligibility redeterminations

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  After an individual has been initially determined eligible for financial
				  assistance, the individual's eligibility shall be redetermined:
(1) Monthly for all recipients subject to
				  monthly eligibility reporting; and
(2) When the department determines an
				  eligibility redetermination is required on the basis of information the
				  department has obtained about anticipated changes in the individual's
				  Situation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE › Section 17-648-4 - Specific provisions for the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) program

Current through June, 2024
(a) Eligibility
				  redeterminations shall be conducted not less frequently than every twelve
				  months from the initial determination or from the last
				  redetermination.
(b) The
				  recipient's eligibility for a First-to-Work exemption shall be redetermined:
(1) As a part of the eligibility
				  redetermination for financial assistance under the AFDC program; and
(2) Whenever a change in circumstance occurs
				  even though the change does not require a complete eligibility redetermination;
				  except where the individual is sixty-five years of age or older or is
				  permanently incapacitated.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE › Section 17-648-7 - Termination of financial assistance

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any recipient
				  who does not meet the applicable general and specific conditions of eligibility
				  at the time of an eligibility redetermination, shall have their financial
				  assistance terminated.
(b) If an
				  eligibility redetermination is not completed because of the recipient's failure
				  to return a completed eligibility redetermination form to the department,
				  financial assistance to the recipient shall be terminated.
(1) Recipients shall be allowed a maximum of
				  ten days from the date the annual or semi-annual eligibility redetermination
				  form is mailed or given to the recipient to complete and to return the
				  completed form to the department.
(2) An individual whose financial assistance
				  is terminated because of the individual's failure to return a completed
				  eligibility redetermination form shall be required to reapply for financial
				  assistance if the individual wants benefits restored by submitting a completed
				  application or eligibility redetermination form prescribed by the department.
				  The reapplication shall be processed in accordance with requirements specified
				  in chapter 17-647.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 3 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATION FOR FOOD STAMP › Section 17-648-12 - Eligibility redetermination

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall act on applications for redeterminations as follows:
(1) The department shall complete the
				  application process if the household meets all requirements and finishes the
				  necessary processing steps and approve or deny timely applications for
				  redetermination prior to the end of the household's current certification
				  period;
(2) An eligible household
				  shall be provided an opportunity to participate by its normal issuance cycle in
				  the month following the end of its current certification period. However, the
				  household shall lose its right to uninterrupted benefits for failure to attend
				  any interview scheduled on or after the deadline for timely filing of the
				  application for redetermination as specified in subsection (c) or to submit all
				  necessary verification within the time provided by the department as long as
				  that time elapses after the deadline for filing a timely application for
				  redetermination. Although the household loses its right to uninterrupted
				  benefits for such failures, the household shall not be denied at that time,
				  unless it refused to cooperate or the certification period has lapsed. If the
				  household loses its right to uninterrupted benefits due to these failures, the
				  department, at a minimum, shall provide benefits within thirty days after the
				  date the application was filed;
(3)
				  Denials, including those for failure to complete the interview or timely
				  provide missing verification, shall be completed either by the end of the
				  current certification period or within thirty days after the date the
				  application was filed as long as the household has had adequate time for
				  providing the missing verification;
(4) The department shall not continue
				  benefits due to the household beyond the certification period unless the
				  household has been recertified.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 648 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS › Subchapter 3 - ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATION FOR FOOD STAMP › Section 17-648-13 - Notices of action taken on recertification application

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  A household that has filed an application by the fifteenth of the last month of
				  the household's certification period shall be provided with either a notice of
				  eligibility or a notice of denial by the end of the current certification
				  period.
(b) A household that has
				  received a notice of expiration at the time of certification and which has
				  timely reapplied, shall be provided with either a notice of eligibility or a
				  notice of denial not later than thirty days after the date the household had an
				  opportunity to obtain its last allotment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the
					 circumstances, conditions, and deadlines under which the department shall
					 notify the recipient of action taken to terminate, suspend, reduce, or withhold
					 benefits.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter: "Adequate notice" means a written
					 notice that includes:
(1) A statement of the action the department has taken or
					 intends to take;
(2) The reason for the intended action;
(3) The specific departmental rule supporting the
					 action;
(4) The household's right to request a hearing;
(5) The name of the person to contact for additional
					 information;
(6) The availability of continued benefits;
(7) The liability of the household for any overpayments
					 received while awaiting a hearing if the hearing official's decision is adverse
					 to the household; and
(8) The availability of free legal representation, if
					 applicable.
The notice may be received prior to department action, at
					 the time reduced benefits are received, or if benefits are terminated, at the
					 time benefits would have been received if they had not been terminated.
"Mass change" means a change initiated by the state or
					 federal government which affects the eligibility criteria of the entire
					 caseload or a significant and identifiable portion of the caseload.
"Notice of adverse action" means an adequate and timely
					 advance notice which shall be sent to a recipient to inform them of action
					 planned to reduce or terminate benefits within a certification
					 period.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-4 - Termination of benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Benefits shall
				  be terminated effective the first day of the month following the month in which
				  the recipient is found to be ineligible if the conditions of adverse notice are
				  met. When the conditions of adverse notice are met, termination shall be
				  effective the first day of the month the conditions of adverse notice are
				  met.
(b) Benefits shall be
				  terminated when:
(1) The equity value of the
				  recipient's nonexempt assets exceeds the department's asset limit;
(2) The recipient's net income equals or
				  exceeds the recipient's needs according to the department's applicable standard
				  of assistance;
(3) The recipient is
				  admitted to a public institution;
(4) The recipient's whereabouts are
				  unknown;
(5) The recipient fails to
				  meet any one of the necessary requirements of eligibility;
(6) An eligibility redetermination is not
				  completed because of the recipient's failure to provide the department with
				  requested verification or to provide a completed eligibility redetermination
				  form;
(7) A signed, written request
				  for termination is received from the recipient;
(8) The recipient fails to cooperate or
				  provide information to federal or state personnel who review the decisions
				  regarding eligibility for assistance;
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-5 - Notice requirements for recipients subject to monthly eligibility reporting

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall send notice to recipients who are required to submit a monthly
				  eligibility report when the department takes action.
(b) When the monthly eligibility report is
				  received by the department by the specified filing date, the notice shall be
				  sent to the recipient by the last working day of the report month when payment
				  is:
(1) Reduced based on information
				  contained in a completed monthly eligibility report;
(2) Terminated due to receipt of an
				  incomplete monthly eligibility report; or
(3) Terminated based on information contained
				  in a completed monthly eligibility report.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 2 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-10 - Changes causing a decrease in allotment

Current through June, 2024
(a) For
				  prospectively budgeted households, if the household's allotment decreases or
				  the household becomes ineligible as the result of a change, a notice of adverse
				  action shall be issued not later than ten days after the change was reported.
				  The decrease in allotment or determination of ineligibility shall be made
				  effective with the first regular monthly allotment issued after the ten-day
				  notice of adverse action period has expired; provided a hearing and
				  continuation of benefits have not been requested. Any required verification
				  shall be obtained prior to recertification. For example, a change reported on
				  September 27, which results in a decrease in the household's allotment would
				  affect the November issuance.
(b)
				  For retrospectively budgeted households, if the household's allotment decreases
				  or the household becomes ineligible as a result of a change, other than as
				  specified in chapter 17-680, a notice of adverse action for changes that are
				  reported by the household outside the monthly reporting requirements or an
				  adequate notice for changes reported on the monthly eligibility report form
				  shall be issued unless one of the exemptions to the notice of adverse action in
				  section 17-649-9 applies.
(1) The notice of
				  adverse action to nonmonthly reporting households shall be issued ten days
				  prior to the month that the change is to be effective;
(2) The adequate notice to monthly reporting
				  households shall be issued so that the household receives it not later than
				  either the date the resulting benefits are to be received or in place of the
				  benefits if no benefits are to be issued;
(3) When a notice of adverse action is not
				  used due to one of the exemptions in section 17649-9, the decrease shall be
				  made effective no later than the month following the change. Changes in
				  expenses shall be budgeted in the corresponding payment month from the month
				  the expense was billed, provided the change was reported timely by the
				  household. If the change in expense was not reported timely by the household
				  but the household continues to pay the decreased amount, the branch shall
				  determine whether the household received an overpayment for the months the
				  household failed to report the change in expense. The branch shall reflect the
				  change in expense for the household's current benefits effective the first
				  month following the expiration of the the notice requirements.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 2 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-11 - Mass changes

Current through June, 2024
(a) Certain changes
				  initiated by the state or federal government may affect the entire caseload or
				  may affect significant portions of the caseload. The changes shall include:
(1) Adjustments to the net income eligibility
				  standards and shelter and dependent care deductions;
(2) Adjustments to the thrifty food plan and
				  standard deduction;
(3) Adjustments
				  to the state's utility standard;
(4) Periodic cost-of-living adjustments to
				  social security, SSI, and other federal benefits;
(5) Periodic adjustments to assistance
				  payments; and
(6) Other changes in
				  eligibility criteria based upon legislative or regulatory actions.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 2 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-12 - Adjustments to eligibility standards, allotments, and deductions

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following adjustments shall become
				  effective for all households at a specific time. A notice of adverse action
				  shall not be required when the following changes go into effect:
(1) Adjustments to the thrifty food plan, the
				  standard deduction, the shelter deduction and the dependent care deduction;
				  and
(2) Adjustments to the income
				  eligibility standards.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 2 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-13 - Mass changes in public assistance

Current through June, 2024
(a) When the
				  department makes an overall adjustment to financial assistance payments,
				  corresponding adjustments to a household's food stamp benefits shall be handled
				  as a mass change. When the department has at least thirty days advance
				  knowledge of the amount of the adjustment, the food stamp benefits shall be
				  recomputed to be effective in the same month as the financial assistance
				  change. If the department does not have sufficient notice, the food stamp
				  change shall be effective not later than the month following the month the
				  financial assistance change was made.
(b) A notice of adverse action shall not be
				  required when a household's food stamp allotment is reduced or terminated as a
				  result of a mass change in financial assistance grants. Individual notices
				  shall be sent a household to inform it of the change. If a household requests a
				  hearing, benefits shall be continued at the former level only if the issue
				  being appealed is the computation of allotment and not the issue of allotment
				  reduction due to the mass change.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 649 - NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION › Subchapter 2 - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS › Section 17-649-14 - Mass changes in federal benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall treat cost-of-living increases and any other mass changes in social
				  security SSI payments and other programs where information on cost of living
				  adjustments is readily available and is applicable to all or a majority of
				  those program's beneficiaries as a mass change for food stamp
				  purposes.
(b) Households not
				  subject to monthly reporting requirements shall not be responsible for
				  reporting these changes. The department shall be responsible for automatically
				  adjusting a household's food stamp benefit level. The change shall be reflected
				  no later than the second allotment issued to nonmonthly reporting households
				  issued after the month in which the change becomes effective.
(c) Monthly reporting households shall report
				  the change on the appropriate monthly report but are not required to report
				  these types of changes outside of the monthly report. The branch shall handle
				  such information provided on the monthly report in accordance with chapter
				  17-680.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-12 - Households subject to simplified reporting

Current through June, 2024
All households shall be subject to simplified reporting
					 except households in which all adult members are elderly or disabled as defined
					 in section
					 17-663-1, have no earned income
					 and receive food stamps.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-13 - Households subject to special simplified reporting requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following food stamp households shall
				  be subject to special simplified reporting requirements:
(1) Homeless; or
(2) Seasonal farmworkers.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-14 - Simplified reporting requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) All households
				  subject to simplified reporting with the exception of households specified in
				  section 17-650-13, shall report the following changes no later than six months
				  prior to the end of the household's certification or eligibility review due
				  date:
(1) All income as specified in chapter
				  17-676;
(2) All household
				  composition changes;
(3) Any change
				  in residence and for the food stamp program, the resulting change in shelter
				  cost;
(4) Any changes in assets
				  that exceed the program's asset limit as specified in chapter 17-675.
(5) For the food stamp program, any changes
				  in the legal obligation to pay child support.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-15 - Verification of information reported

Current through June, 2024
The department shall require the household to verify all
					 information on the six month report, except as specified in subsection
					 17-650-16(d).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-16 - Processing the six month report

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall review the report to ensure accuracy and completeness. The report shall
				  be considered incomplete only if:
(1) It is
				  not signed by an adult member of the household or an authorized representative.
				  For the food stamp program only, a minor household member may sign the report;
				  or
(2) It omits information and
				  verification necessary to determine the household's eligibility or to compute
				  the household's benefit level.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-17 - Notices

Current through June, 2024
(a) All notices affecting a household's
				  benefits based on information reported on the six month report shall meet the
				  definition of adequate notice.
(b)
				  All notices affecting a household's benefits based on information reported
				  outside of the six month report shall meet the definition of a timely and
				  adequate notice.
(c) All notices
				  related to changes that do not affect a household's eligibility or benefits or
				  changes which increase a household's benefits, shall meet the definition of
				  adequate notice.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - SIMPLIFIED REPORTING › Section 17-650-18 - Other reporting requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the six month report specified in section 17-650-14, all households subject to
				  simplified reporting shall report the following changes:
(1) For the food stamp program:
(A) Monthly gross income in excess of one
				  hundred thirty percent of the federal poverty limit;
(B) For households which include a member who
				  is considered an able bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD):
(i) If work or training hours decrease below
				  twenty hours weekly; or
(ii)
				  Termination of employment or training.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHANGE REPORTING › Section 17-650-25 - Households subject to the change reporting requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  Food stamp households in which all adult members are aged or disabled and have
				  no earned income shall be subject to the change reporting
				  requirements.
(b) A financial
				  assistance household in which all adult members are aged or disabled, have no
				  earned income and are receiving food stamp benefits shall be subject to the
				  change reporting requirements.
(c)
				  A household in which all adult members are aged or disabled, have no earned
				  income and do not receive food stamp benefits shall be subject to the
				  simplified reporting requirements as specified in 17-650-14.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHANGE REPORTING › Section 17-650-26 - Reporting requirements for change reporting households

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  Households who are not subject to the simplified reporting requirements shall
				  be required to report the following changes within ten days of the date the
				  change becomes known to the household. For changes involving income, the change
				  must be reported within ten days of the date that the household receives the
				  first payment attributable to the change:
(1)
				  A change in a source of unearned income;
(2) A change of more than $50 in the amount
				  of unearned income, except changes to the financial assistance grant;
(3) All changes in earned income, including
				  starting or stopping a job or changing jobs;
(4) All changes in household composition,
				  such as the addition or loss of a household member;
(5) When cash on hand, stocks, bonds, and
				  money in a bank account or savings institution reaches or exceeds the program's
				  asset limit as specified in chapter 17-675;
(6) Changes in residence and for the food
				  stamp program, the resulting change in shelter costs; and
(7) For the food stamp program, changes in
				  the legal obligation to pay child support.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-653-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the
					 requirements for applicants and recipients of financial assistance. Applicants
					 and recipients shall:
(1) Assign their
				  rights to third party payments, child, spousal, and medical support;
				  and
(2) Cooperate in obtaining
				  third party payments for medical assistance, pursuing any third party who may
				  be liable for medical support, and obtaining child or spousal
				  support.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-653-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Assignment" means assigning to the department, in
					 writing, the right to obtain child, spousal, or medical support and other third
					 party payments.
"Caretaker relative" means a relative who provides care
					 and supervision to children.
"Family" means person or persons applying for or receiving
					 assistance.
"Third party" means any individual, entity, or program
					 that is or may be liable to pay all or part of the expenditures for medical
					 assistance furnished.
"Title IVD" means title IVD of the Social Security Act,
					 child support enforcement program (
					 42 U.S.C.
					 §§651 through
					 658,
					 660,
					 664,
					 666,
					 667,
					 1302,
					 and
					 1396
					 a(25) )
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-653-3 - Administrative procedures

Current through June, 2024
(a) The advance
				  notice requirements of chapter 17-649 shall apply unless otherwise indicated in
				  this chapter.
(b) The
				  administrative hearing requirements of chapter 17-602.1 shall apply.
(c) The department shall restore to the
				  individual any future rights to benefits assigned to the department when
				  financial assistance terminates and after all medical expenses have been
				  met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - ASSIGNMENT OF AND COOPERATION IN OBTAINING CHILD, SPOUSAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 17-653-17 - Assignment of rights to support

Current through June, 2024
(a) All individuals
				  shall assign to the state any rights the individuals may have to receive child,
				  spousal, or medical support and any other third party payments on the
				  individual's own behalf or on behalf of any other family member applying for or
				  receiving assistance, and any support payments which may have accrued at the
				  time the assignment is executed.
(b) Assignment of rights to payments shall
				  not include assignment of rights to medicare benefits.
(c) An applicant or recipient shall inform
				  the department of an involvement in an accident within thirty days of the
				  accident.
(d) The department shall
				  deny or terminate financial assistance to the entire household of an individual
				  who refuses to assign the individual's own rights or the rights of any other
				  family member who is receiving assistance or for any person for whom the
				  individual has applied or is receiving assistance.
(e) The department shall deny or terminate
				  medical assistance to an individual who refuses to assign the individual's own
				  rights or the rights of any other family member for whom the individual can
				  legally make an assignment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - ASSIGNMENT OF AND COOPERATION IN OBTAINING CHILD, SPOUSAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 17-653-18 - Cooperation in obtaining support

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each individual
				  applying for or receiving financial assistance shall be required to cooperate
				  with the department in:
(1) Identifying and
				  locating the parent of the child for whom aid is being claimed;
(2) Establishing the paternity of a child
				  born out of wedlock for whom aid is being claimed;
(3) Obtaining child, spousal, and medical
				  support payments due the individual and the child for whom aid is being
				  claimed;
(4) Obtaining any other
				  payments due the individual and the child for whom aid is being claimed;
				  and
(5) Identifying any third party
				  who may be liable for services covered under the medicaid program.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - ASSIGNMENT OF AND COOPERATION IN OBTAINING CHILD, SPOUSAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 17-653-19 - Determination of good cause for refusing to cooperate

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  The department shall determine whether good cause exists for the family's
				  failure to comply with the requirements of section 17-653-18:
(1) With respect to establishing paternity or
				  securing support for a child, the department shall make a determination that
				  good cause exists only if the evidence establishes that cooperation is against
				  the best interests of the child.
(2) With respect to securing support for
				  individuals not covered by paragraph (1), the department shall make a
				  determination that good cause exists only if the evidence establishes that
				  cooperation will result in reprisal against or cause physical or emotional harm
				  to the applicant or recipient.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - ASSIGNMENT OF AND COOPERATION IN OBTAINING CHILD, SPOUSAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 17-653-20 - Circumstances under which cooperation may be against the best interest of the child

Current through June, 2024
(a) Cooperation
				  shall be against the best interest of the child only if it is reasonably
				  anticipated to result in physical or emotional harm to the child or to the
				  parent or caretaker relative, and the harm reduces the parent's or caretaker
				  relative's capacity to care for the child adequately.
(b) Physical or emotional harm shall be of a
				  serious nature that would affect the parent's or caretaker relative's ability
				  to function if cooperation is required.
(c) A determination that good cause exists
				  shall also be applied in cases where:
(1) The
				  child was conceived as a result of incest or forcible rape;
(2) Legal proceedings for the adoption of the
				  child are pending before a court; or
(3) The individual is currently being
				  assisted by a public or private licensed social agency to resolve the issue of
				  whether to keep the child or relinquish the child for adoption. The discussions
				  on whether to keep or give up the child shall not have gone on for more than
				  three months.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - ASSIGNMENT OF AND COOPERATION IN OBTAINING CHILD, SPOUSAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 17-653-21 - Granting or continuation of assistance

Current through June, 2024
The department shall not deny, delay, or discontinue
					 financial assistance pending the final good cause determination if the
					 individual has complied with the requirement to provide evidence and all other
					 eligibility requirements have been met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - ASSIGNMENT OF AND COOPERATION IN OBTAINING CHILD, SPOUSAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 17-653-22 to 17-653-25 - Reserved

Current through June, 2024
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - GOOD CAUSE CLAIM PROCEDURES › Section 17-653-26 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter establishes the procedures for providing
					 notice and processing an individual's good cause claim for refusing to
					 cooperate in obtaining third party payments for medical assistance or securing
					 child or medical support.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 653 - CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - GOOD CAUSE CLAIM PROCEDURES › Section 17-653-27 - Notice to applicant of right to claim good cause

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  The department shall notify applicants and recipients of financial assistance
				  of the right to claim good cause as an exception to the cooperation
				  requirement.
(b) The applicant or
				  recipient shall be informed in writing that:
(1) The potential benefits a child may derive
				  from establishing paternity and securing support and the potential benefits for
				  providing information to assist the department in pursuing third party
				  liability for medical services;
(2)
				  By law, cooperation in establishing paternity, securing support, and
				  identifying and providing information to assist the department in pursuing
				  third party liability for medical services is a condition of
				  eligibility;
(3) An unexcused
				  refusal to cooperate shall result in loss of financial and medical eligibility
				  for the needy caretaker relative;
(4) The individual has the right to claim
				  good cause for refusing to cooperate and if the department determines there is
				  good cause, the individual shall be excused from the cooperation requirements
				  of sections 17-653-8 and 17-653-18; and
(5) Upon an individual's request or following
				  receipt of a good cause claim, the department shall provide further notice to
				  the individual with additional details concerning a good cause claim.