Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 1400 - OVERVIEW › Section 17-1400-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purposes of this subtitle unless the context
				  otherwise indicates:
"Adult and community care services branch" means the work
				  unit within the social services division which administers programs for
				  disabled individuals needing a variety of home and community based
				  services.
"Adult and community care services branch administrator"
				  means the administrative head of the adult and community care services branch
				  of the department of human services.
"Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC)" means the
				  financial assistance program administered by the department under title IV-A of
				  the Social Security Act (
				  42
				  U.S.C. §§601 -
				  610
				  ).
"Applicant" means an individual applying for or requesting
				  social services.
"Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)" means the annual
				  cumulation of executive agency regulations published in the daily Federal
				  Register, combined with regulations issued previously that are still in effect.
				  The CFR contains the general body of regulatory laws governing practice and
				  procedure before federal administrative agencies.
"Department (DHS)" means the department of human
				  services.
"Director" means the administrative head of the department
				  of human services unless otherwise specifically noted.
"Federal register (Fed. Reg.)" means the daily publication
				  for making available to the public federal agency regulations and other legal
				  documents of the executive branch including proposed changes. The regulations
				  and rules as finally approved appear thereafter in the CFR.
"Financial assistance" means public assistance excluding
				  medical assistance, social services, and transportation assistance.
"Food stamp program" means the program administered by the
				  department under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, (
				  7 U.S.C.
				  §§2011 -
				  2027
				  ) as amended, to provide food stamps to persons found eligible under the
				  eligibility requirements.
"General assistance (GA)" means the financial assistance
				  program administered by the department under section
				  346-71,
				  HRS.
"Hawaii revised statutes (HRS)" means the official
				  codification of all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of
				  Hawaii.
"HIV/AIDS" means human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
				  immunodeficiency syndrome, a fatal infectious disease caused by the human
				  immunodeficiency virus that damages the body's immune system and leads to the
				  body's inability to fight off infection.
"In camera review" means the review of records privately in
				  a judge's chambers or in a courtroom void of all spectators before the judge
				  makes a determination of the admissibility or use of these records in the
				  proceedings.
"Income maintenance" means the combined programs of
				  financial assistance and food stamps.
"Medicaid" means the medical assistance program administered
				  by the department under title XIX of the Social Security Act (
				  42 U.S.C.
				  §§1396 -
				  1396
				  j ).
"Public assistance (PA)" means social services rendered and
				  financial and medical assistance paid to or for individuals whom the department
				  determines meet eligibility requirements specified in subtitles 6 and 9 of
				  title 17.
"Recipient or client" means any person to whom a service is
				  rendered or a grant of social services is made by direct payment, and any
				  person for whose use and benefit a service is rendered or a grant of social
				  services is made by payment to a relative or other person.
"Section" means a collection of units within the adult and
				  community care services branch with responsibilities in the social services
				  program area.
"Social services" means crisis intervention, counseling,
				  case management, and support activities such as day care and chore services
				  provided by the department staff, by purchase of service, or by cooperative
				  agreement with other agencies to persons meeting specified eligibility
				  requirements. Social services provided by the adult and community care services
				  branch shall be administered under Title XX (
				  42 U.S.C.
				  §1397 ) of the Social Security Act, as
				  amended, and chapter
				  346, HRS.
"Social services division" means a work unit within the
				  department of human services which administers the social services
				  programs.
"Social services division administrator" means the
				  administrative head of the social services division of the department of human
				  services.
"State AABD" means state-funded financial assistance program
				  administered by the department of human services for aged, blind and disabled
				  individuals.
"Supplemental security income (SSI)" means the financial
				  assistance program of aid, based on need, to the aged, blind, and disabled,
				  administered by the federal Social Security Administration under Title XVI of
				  the Social Security Act (
				  42 U.S.C.
				  §§1381 -
				  1383
				  ).
"Unit" means the work unit within a section or within the
				  adult and community services branch which administers the social services
				  program.
"United States code (U.S.C.)" means the official
				  codification of all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the United
				  States. Every six years a new edition of the U.S.C. is published with
				  cumulative supplement volumes issued during the intervening years.
"Vendor" means a third party who receives payment directly
				  from the department in return for services or goods rendered on behalf of the
				  recipient.