Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 650 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 17-650-11 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"ABAWD" means an able bodied adult without
					 dependents.
"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. An adequate 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.
"Authorized representative" means a person designated in
					 writing by a responsible household member, to act on behalf of a household in
					 applying for food stamp program benefits, and in securing and using the
					 benefits. It also means a private nonprofit organization or institution
					 conducting a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program,
					 or a public or private nonprofit group living arrangement whose residents are
					 blind or_disabled recipients of benefits under Title II or Title XVI of the
					 Social Security Act (
					 42
					 U.S.C. §§401 -
					 433;
					 1381-1383), which will act on behalf of individuals who reside at the centers
					 in applying for and obtaining food stamps.
"Certification period" means a definite period of time
					 established by the department during which the household shall be eligible for
					 food stamp benefits unless notified otherwise through appropriate notification
					 procedures.
"Change reporting" means the reporting requirement for
					 households who are not subject to simplified reporting, who must report a
					 change in circumstance within ten days of the date that the change becomes
					 known to the household.
"Earned income" means cash received or available to be
					 received by the household which require some activity on the part of the
					 household to produce.
"Extended filing period" means the ten days that
					 households are allowed to submit required information or missing
					 verification.
"Federal poverty limit (FPL)" means the poverty guidelines
					 that are updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Dept of
					 Health & Human Services under the authority of
					 42
					 U.S.C. 9902(2).
"Homeless individual" means an individual who lacks a
					 fixed and regular nighttime residence or an individual whose primary nighttime
					 residence is:
(1) A supervised shelter designed to provide temporary
					 accommodations (such as a welfare hotel or congregate shelter);
(2) A halfway house or similar institution that provides
					 temporary residence for not more than 90 days;
(3) A temporary accommodation for not more than 90 days in
					 the residence of another individual; or
(4) A place not designed for, or ordinarily used, as a
					 regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (a hallway, a bus station, a
					 lobby or similar places).
"Notice of adverse action" means a written notice that is
					 sent to a recipient to inform the recipient of action the department is
					 planning to take to reduce or terminate benefits. A notice of adverse action
					 shall always meet the definition of an adequate notice and in certain
					 situations must also meet the definition of a timely notice.
"Payment month" means the calendar month for which the
					 department shall issue or provide benefits.
"Report month" means any calendar month in which a change
					 must be reported or in which a six month report or eligibility review form is
					 due.
"Seasonal farmworker" means a farm laborer who moves from
					 place to place to harvest seasonal crops.
"Simplified reporting" means the reporting requirement for
					 households specified in section
					 17-650-12 to report changes as
					 specified in section
					 17-650-14, no later than six
					 months prior to the end of the certification period or the eligibility review
					 due date and to report other changes as specified in section
					 17-650-18 within ten days of the
					 date the change becomes known to the household.
"Six month report" means the report form that simplified
					 reporting households are required to complete no later than six months prior to
					 the end of the certification or eligibility review due date as specified in
					 section 17-650-14.
"Timely notice" means an adequate notice that is mailed to
					 the recipient at least ten days prior to the effective date of action.
"Unearned income" means any cash received or available to
					 be received which is not classified as earned income.
"Verified upon receipt" means information that is complete
					 and accurate and does not require any further verification. This includes
					 payment information provided by the income source such as, but not limited to,
					 the Social Security Administration regarding social security and SSI benefits,
					 the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) regarding unemployment
					 insurance benefits (UIB), and the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA)
					 regarding child support income or payments. Verified upon receipt also includes
					 information provided by an originating source such as, but not limited to, the
					 household reporting a member has left the household or one of the department's
					 work programs recommending sanction of a household member.