Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 602.1 - HEARINGS
Subchapter 3 - FOOD STAMP PROVISIONS
Section 17-602.1-27 - Timely action on hearings

(a) Within sixty days of receipt of a request for a hearing, the department shall conduct the hearing, make a decision, and notify the household and branch of the decision.

(b) Decisions which result in an increase in household benefits shall be reflected in the [coupon] allotment within ten days of the receipt of the hearing decision even if the branch must provide a supplementary ATP card or otherwise provide the household with an opportunity to obtain the allotment outside of the normal issuance cycle.

(c) The branch may take longer than ten days to implement the decision if it elects to make the decision effective in the household's normal issuance cycle within sixty days from the household's request for the hearing.

(d) Decisions which result in a decrease in household benefits shall be reflected in the next issuance following receipt of the hearing decision.

(e) The household may request and is entitled to receive a postponement of the scheduled hearing. The postponement shall not exceed thirty days and the time for action on the decision shall be extended for as many days as the hearing is postponed.