Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 683 - UNDERPAYMENT, OVERPAYMENT, AND RECOVERY
Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDERPAYMENTS
Section 17-683-3 - Underpayments

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-683-3

Current through August, 2024

(a) Prompt action shall be taken to correct any underpayments to currently eligible assistance units and to assistance units which would have been eligible if an error had not occurred.

(b) If an assistance unit has both an overpayment and an underpayment, the overpayment and underpayment shall be offset one against the other in correcting the payment.

(c) Payments provided to the assistance unit to correct the underpayment shall not be counted as income or asset in determining continued eligibility and the amount of assistance in the month the corrective payment is made and the following month.

(d) Corrective payments shall be made for any underpayment due a former recipient when financial assistance is restored.

(e) The rules specified in this section are effective for underpayments which are identified subsequent to:

(1) September 30, 1981, for the federally funded categories of assistance, regardless of when the underpayment occurred; and

(2) July 18, 1982, for the state funded categories of assistance, regardless of when the underpayment occurred.

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