Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS
Section 17-658-4 - Categorical eligibility requirements and verification of those requirements for individuals applying for or receiving financial assistance as blind individuals
Current through February, 2024
(a) The categorical eligibility requirement for a blind individual is central visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye with correcting lens, or that the widest field of vision subtends an angle no greater that twenty degrees (tunnel vision).
(b) Verification of blindness shall be required.
(c) Recertification of blindness is not required if the department's blind services division, Ho'opono, certifies the blind individual's condition to be permanent with little chance of improvement, and therefore specifies that reevaluation is not necessary or warranted.
(d) Recertification of blindness is required if individual's condition is not permanent, there is a possibility of improvement, or reevaluation is recommended by the department's blind services division, Ho'opono.
