Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 655 - GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-655-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Alien status verification index (ASVI)" means the
					 automated database maintained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
					 (INS) which may be accessed to verify the immigrant status of aliens.
"Beneficiary data exchange system (BENDEX)" means an
					 automated exchange system in which the the SSA transmits social security
					 beneficiary data to the department.
"Domiciliary care home" means any facility which provides
					 twenty-four hour living accommodations, personal care services, and appropriate
					 health care, as needed, to adults unable to care for themselves by persons
					 unrelated to the recipient or applicant in licensed adult residential care
					 homes or other care homes regulated by the department of health. A domiciliary
					 care home does not provide rehabilitative treatment services provided by
					 special treatment facilities or services to meet needs higher than level of
					 care III. There are two types of adult residential care homes:
(1) Type I home for five or less residents; and
(2) Type II home for six or more residents. "Family" means
					 any food stamp household or person or persons requesting or receiving
					 assistance. "INA" means the Immigration and Nationality Act (
					 8
					 U.S.C. §§1101,
et
					 seq
.).
"INA" means the Immigration and Nationality Act (
					 8
					 U.S.C. §§1101,
et.seq
.).
"Income eligibility verification system (IEVS)" means a
					 system of information acquisition and exchange for purposes of income and
					 eligibility verification which meets the requirements of section 1137 of the
					 Social Security Act (
					 42 U.S.C.
					 §1320b-7 ).
"Individual" means an applicant for or recipient of
					 financial or food stamp assistance.
"Ineligible alien" means an individual whose alien status
					 makes the individual ineligible for assistance.
"INS" means the United States Department of Justice,
					 Immigration and Naturalization Service.
"Institution" means an establishment which furnishes
					 shelter and the majority of the food to four or more persons unrelated to the
					 proprietor, and in addition provides some treatment or services which meet some
					 need beyond the basic provision of food and shelter.
"Institution for mental disease" means an institution
					 which is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment, or care of
					 persons with mental disease, including medical attention, nursing care, and
					 related services. Whether an institution is an institution for mental diseases
					 is determined by its overall character as that of a facility established and
					 maintained primarily for the care and treatment of individuals with mental
					 diseases, whether or not it is licensed as such.
"Institution for the mentally retarded" means an
					 institution (or distinct part of an institution) that:
(1) Is primarily for the diagnosis, treatment, or
					 rehabilitation of the mentally retarded or persons with related conditions;
					 and
(2) Provides, in a protected residential setting, ongoing
					 evaluation, planning, twenty-four hour supervision, coordination, and
					 integration of health or rehabilitative services to help each individual
					 function at their greatest ability.
"Institution for tuberculosis" means an institution that
					 is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons with
					 tuberculosis, including medical attention, nursing care, and related services.
					 Whether an institution is an institution for tuberculosis is determined by its
					 overall character as that of a facility established and maintained primarily
					 for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, whether or not it is licensed as
					 such.
"Long-term care facility" means a medical institution such
					 as a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care
					 facility for the mentally retarded, or any combination thereof, that furnishes
					 health care services to inpatients.
"Medical institution" means an institution which:
(1) Is organized to provide medical care, including nursing
					 and convalescent care;
(2) Has the necessary professional personnel, equipment,
					 and facilities to manage the medical, nursing, and other health needs of the
					 patients on a continuing basis in accordance with accepted standards;
(3) Is authorized under State law to provide medical care;
					 and
(4) Is staffed by professional personnel who have clear and
					 definite responsibilities to the institution in the provision of professional
					 medical and nursing services including adequate and continual medical care and
					 supervision by a physician; sufficient registered nurse or licensed practical
					 nurse supervision and services and nurse aid services to meet nursing care
					 needs; and appropriate guidance by a physician on the professional aspects of
					 operating the facility. "Participating in a strike" means an actual refusal in
					 concert with others to provide services to a person's employer.
"Project area" means, for food stamps, the entire
					 geographic area of a county within the State.
"Public institution" means an institution that is the
					 responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit
					 exercises administrative control. Examples include, but shall not be limited
					 to, jails, prisons, and correctional facilities.
"SSA" means the Social Security Administration of the
					 United States Department of Health and Human Services.
"SSI" means supplemental security income made in the form
					 of monthly cash payments by the SSA.
"SSN" means social security number issued by the
					 SSA.
"State data exchange system (SDX)" means an automated
					 exchange system in which the SSA transmits information on all persons currently
					 receiving SSI benefits to the department.
"Strike" means any strike or other concerted stoppage of
					 work by employees, including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a
					 collective-bargaining agreement, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted
					 interruption of operations by employees.
"Systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE)"
					 means the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) program whereby the
					 department may verify the validity of documents provided by aliens applying for
					 assistance by obtaining information from a central data file maintained by
					 INS.
"Third party query (TPQY) request" means a manual system
					 in which the department requests SSA beneficiary or SSI information from the
					 SSA.