Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 681 - ISSUANCE OF BENEFITS
Subchapter 5 - ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER
Section 17-681-56 - Expungement of benefits

(a) For cash assistance households, benefits shall be expunged after ninety days of no debit activity.

(b) For SNAP households, benefits shall be expunged after twelve months of no debit activity.

(c) Once an EBT account is expunged, the household loses all rights to the balance amount that was remaining in the EBT account.

(d) The department may use the balance in the household's EBT account to offset any outstanding overpayments still owed by the household. The funds that are used to offset any outstanding overpayments are not refundable to the household.