Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1416 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Section 17-1416-3 - Definitions

For the purpose of chapters 17-1416 to 17-1421:

"Application" means a specific request made by an individual for social services for the individual or on behalf of another person.

"Family" means one or more adults and children, if any, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, who reside in the same household. Related adults other than spouses, unrelated adults residing together, and adults participating in the department's medicaid waiver programs shall each be considered separate family units.

"Primary recipient" means an eligible individual for whom a specific goal is established and who is provided specified social services in order to achieve that goal.

"Purchase of service provider" means an agency or organization which offers social services on behalf of the department under the terms of a valid written contract.

"Relative" means father, mother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, uncle, aunt, uncle half blood, aunt" half blood, grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great grandmother, first cousin, niece, nephew, including the spouse of any of the above, even though the marriage ended in divorce or death.