Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1722.3 - BASIC HEALTH HAWAII
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-1722.3-1 - Purpose

This chapter is established to provide, subject to the availability of state funding, state medical assistance for citizens of COFA nations and legal permanent residents admitted to the United States for less than five years who are age nineteen years and older and lawfully present in the state. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this chapter supersedes any and all state medical assistance provided to such individuals through the former QUEST, QExA, QUEST-Net, or QUEST-ACE programs, or the fee-for-service or SHOTT programs prior to the implementation date of Basic Health Hawaii.