Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 663 - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSEHOLD › Subchapter 4 - GROUP LIVING ARRANGEMENTS › Section 17-663-37 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this subchapter:
"Eligible foods" means:
(1) Any food or food product intended for human consumption
					 except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and hot foods and hot food products
					 prepared for immediate consumption;
(2) Seeds and plants to grow foods for the personal
					 consumption of eligible households;
(3) Meals prepared and delivered by an authorized meal
					 delivery service like meals on wheels to households eligible to use food stamp
					 EBT benefits to purchase delivered meals;
(4) Meals served by a communal dining facility for the
					 elderly, or supplemental security income households to households eligible to
					 use food stamp EBT benefits for communal dining;
(5) Meals prepared and served by an authorized drug
					 addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program to narcotic addicts
					 or alcoholics and their children who live with them;
(6) Meals prepared and served by an authorized group living
					 arrangement facility to residents who are blind or disabled as defined in the
					 definition of "disabled member" contained in section
					 17-663-1;
(7) Meals prepared by and served by a shelter for battered
					 women and children to its eligible residents; and
(8) In the case of homeless food stamp households, meals
					 prepared for and served by an authorized public or private nonprofit
					 establishment that feeds homeless persons (e.g., soup kitchen, temporary
					 shelter) which is approved by the Benefit, Employment and Support Services
					 Division.
"Group living arrangement" means a public or private
					 nonprofit residential setting that serves no more than sixteen residents and is
					 certified by the department or the state department of health under regulations
					 issued under section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act or under standards
					 determined by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to be comparable to standards
					 implemented by the department or the state department of health under section
					 1616(e) of the Social Security Act. To be eligible for food stamp benefits, a
					 resident of a group living arrangement shall be blind or disabled as defined in
					 the definition of "disabled member" contained in section
					 17-663-1.
"Nonprofit group living arrangement" means an institution
					 which has a tax exempt certificate from the Internal Revenue Service.
"Retail food store" means:
(1) An establishment, or department thereof, or
					 neighborhood's, farmers', or people's open market food peddlers whose food
					 sales consist of over fifty per cent of eligible staple food items used for
					 home preparation and consumption. Eligible staple foods include meat, poultry,
					 fish, bread, cereals, vegetables, fruits, and dairy products, but do not
					 include hot prepared foods and accessory items such as coffee, tea, cocoa,
					 carbonated and uncarbonated drinks, candy, condiments, and spices;
(2) Public or private communal dining facilities, -certain
					 federally subsidized housing facilities, and meal delivery services which
					 provide meals to eligible elderly and disabled individuals;
(3) Drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation
					 programs and publicly operated community mental health centers which conduct
					 residential programs for drug addicts or alcoholics that meet the requirements
					 specified in section
					 17-663-24;
(4) Private nonprofit cooperative food buying clubs;
(5) Public or private nonprofit group living
					 arrangements;
(6) Public or private nonprofit shelters for battered women
					 and children; and
(7) Public or private nonprofit establishments, approved by
					 the department's Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division, that feeds
					 homeless persons.