Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION
Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS
Section 17-680-6 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

"Assistance unit" means persons whose needs, income, and assets are considered in determining eligibility and the amount of assistance.

"Change in circumstance" means any event, reported or unreported to the department, which alters or changes the conditions on which eligibility for or the amount of assistance was last determined. Changes in circumstance shall include, but not be limited to, changes in household composition, employment, educational or training status, rehabilitation status, the source of income, the amount of income, the recipient's needs, residence, or the severity of a disability or blindness.

"Disregarded income" means that portion of the individual's earned or unearned income which the department shall not budget or consider in determining eligibility for or the amount of the financial assistance payment.

"Family" means any person or persons requesting or receiving assistance.

"Lump sum income" means income received or available to be received by an individual that would not normally be repeated. Lump sum income may be paid in one or several payments, provided there is a set amount owed to the individual, the purpose of the payments is to liquidate the amount owed, and the payments are never intended to be of a continuous nature. Examples of lump sum income include, but shall not be limited to annual tax refunds defined as income, retroactive social security benefits, retroactive earned income, insurance settlements, or intermittent income.