Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 655 - GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Subchapter 6 - INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM (IEVS)
Section 17-655-57 - Requesting and using information from IEVS for applicants
Current through August, 2024
(a) The department shall request and use information about all applicants.
(b) Information shall be requested at the next available opportunity after the date of application even if the applicant has been determined eligible by that time. Information about applicants who cannot provide a social security number at application shall be requested at the next available opportunity after the department is notified of the social security number.
(c) Information received within the thirty-day application period for food stamps and the forty-five day application period for financial assistance shall be used to determine the applicant's eligibility and amount of assistance, if the information is received timely enough that it can be used for that determination.
(d) The department shall make eligibility and amount of assistance determinations without waiting for receipt of IEVS data.
(e) Information received from a source after an eligibility determination has been made shall be used as specified in section 17-655-58.