Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION
Subchapter 3 - FOOD STAMP PROVISIONS
Section 17-680-34 - Changes in household composition
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-680-34
Current through February, 2024
(a) When the household reports a new member, the department shall:
(1) Prospectively determine the household's
eligibility by considering the income, deductible expenses, and assets of the
new member as well as other factors of eligibility;
(2) If the new member has met all the program
requirements, the department shall include the new member in the household
composition effective the month following the month in which the household
reported the change.
(3) If the
household failed to timely comply with the program requirements, the department
shall include the new member in the household composition effective the month
following the month in which the household finally complies.
(4) The department shall not give retroactive
benefits for new members when the household delayed in reporting the new
member's addition to the household;
(5) If the household delayed in reporting a
new member and the delay results in an overissuance, the department shall
process a claim under chapter 17-683. The first month that the household would
have been affected had the household reported timely shall be the first month
of claim;
(6) The department shall
add a previously excluded member who was disqualified for:
(A) An intentional program
violation;
(B) Failing to comply
with the department's work requirements;
(C) Failing to comply with the social
security number requirements; or
(D) Being an ineligible alien; prospectively
to the household the month after the disqualification period ends. All other
previously excluded members shall be added in accordance with paragraph
(2).
(b) When the household reports that a household member has left the household, the department shall:
(1) Prospectively determine
the household's eligibility by considering the household composition, income,
and resources for the first full issuance month that the former household
member is no longer in the household, minus any income from the former
household member;
(2) If the
household remains eligible, the department shall prospectively budget income
from the remaining household members for the first full issuance month that the
former household member is no longer in the household;
(3) The department shall not give retroactive
benefits for households who would otherwise have been eligible for increased
benefits when the household delayed in reporting that a member left the
household;
(4) If the household
delayed in reporting that a member left the household and the delay results in
an overissuance, the department shall process a claim under chapter 17-683. The
first month of the claim shall be the first month the household would have been
affected had the household reported timely.
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