Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1716 - PREGNANT WOMEN GROUP
Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Section 17-1716-10 - Categorical requirements
Current through February, 2024
(a) A woman who self-attests that she is pregnant shall be eligible to participate in the Pregnant Women Group throughout her pregnancy.
(b) A pregnant woman is not required to assist the State in establishing paternity for purposes of her eligibility, other than through reasonable attestation unless there is conflicting information that is not reasonably compatible with the attestation.
(c) A pregnant individual under age nineteen years, whose household income exceeds the age-specific income standard for a household of applicable size for participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and an individual under age twenty-one years, who is in receipt of foster care, kinship guardianship, or adoption assistance, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. If ineligible under this chapter, the individual shall have eligibility determined under the Children Group.
(d) Eligibility under this chapter shall continue throughout the pregnancy and the post-partum period, which begins on the date the pregnancy ends, extends sixty days, and ends on the last day of the month in which the sixty-day period ends. Eligibility shall be redetermined under another eligibility group effective the month following the month in which the sixty-day period ends.
(e) A blind or disabled pregnant woman described in subsection (a) who is applying on the basis of blindness or disability shall be subject to the provisions of chapters 17-1719, 17-1724.1, and 17-1725.1.
