§346-19.8 Department standards and requirements; disability. The department shall not consider the disability of a person to be the sole factor in making a determination under section 346-17 or section 346-19.7. If the department makes a determination to deny the petition of a disabled person under section 346-17 or section 346-19.7, the department shall make […]
§346-2 Appointment of personnel. The director of human services shall appoint such personnel in conformity with law as the director deems necessary. All employees of the department of human services shall be appointed subject to any civil service law relating to state employees; in the event there is no civil service law in effect, then […]
§346-2.5 Criminal history record checks. (a) The department shall develop procedures for obtaining verifiable information regarding the criminal history of any person who is employed or seeking employment, including a contractor and its employees or agents if prior authority to access federal tax information has been provided by the United States Department of the Treasury, […]
§ §346-20 to 346-25 REPEALED. L 1985, c 208, §4.
§346-26 Prevention and treatment of conditions giving rise to need. The department of human services may carry on or administer or cooperate with other public or private agencies in work or activities for the purpose of preventing or treating conditions giving rise to the need for public assistance in any case in which such work […]
§346-27 REPEALED. L 1969, c 173, §1.
§346-28 REPEALED. L 1976, c 73, §1.
§346-28.5 Family self-sufficiency escrow accounts; asset test exemption. Moneys within an escrow account established under the family self-sufficiency program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be disregarded when determining eligibility for assistance or other benefits under this chapter. [L 2007, c 30, §2]
§346-29 Applications for public assistance; manner, form, conditions. (a) Applications for public assistance under this chapter shall be made by the applicant, or by someone acting in the applicant’s behalf, in the manner, place, and form prescribed by the department. (b) No applicant or recipient who is found guilty of fraudulently misrepresenting residence to obtain […]
§346-29.3 Medical assistance application information; annual report; public disclosure. (a) Each applicant for medical assistance under any program administered by the department shall identify the employer of the proposed beneficiary of medical assistance. If the proposed beneficiary is unemployed, the applicant for medical assistance shall identify the employer of any adult who is responsible for […]
§346-29.5 Real property liens. (a) The department of human services may require of any person applying for or currently receiving assistance under the department’s programs, including but not limited to social service payments, financial assistance, medical assistance, and food stamps, who owns or has any interest in real property, that the person shall enter into […]
§346-3 Compensation of employees. The compensation of all personnel in the department of human services shall be fixed by the director of human services pursuant to any applicable classification law. [L 1941, c 296, §1(4); RL 1945, §4804; am L 1951, c 264, §2; RL 1955, §107-4; HRS §346-3; am L 1970, c 105, §5; […]
§346-30 Relief limited. During the continuance of public assistance under this chapter, no recipient shall receive any other public assistance from the State or any county, except for necessary medical, dental, and surgical care, or in such amounts as are necessary to supplement the public assistance granted pursuant to this chapter, where the amounts of […]
§346-31 Assignment of persons in need of public assistance to work on public projects. The department of human services as far as permissible under the then existing federal laws, may assign persons in need of public assistance to work on state, county, or other public projects whether or not the projects are conducted in cooperation […]
§346-32 Application of chapter 386 to persons in need of public assistance assigned to work projects. Chapter 386 shall apply to recipients of public assistance assigned to work on public projects pursuant to section 346-31, who shall be deemed employees for the purposes of chapter 386, and an award may be made against the State […]
§346-33 Assistance payments inalienable. Assistance payments and compensation paid by the department of human services to blind persons and other persons for work performed in their homes or in workshops shall be inalienable by any assignment, sale, attachment, garnishment, execution, or otherwise. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4838; RL 1955, §108-19; […]
§346-34 Frauds, penalties. (a) Any recipient who buys or disposes of real property or any person who knowingly aids or abets a recipient in the purchase or sale of real property without the consent of the department of human services shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. (b) If, at any time while the recipient […]
§346-35 Cancellation or revision. If, at any time during the currency or continuance of public assistance, the recipient, or any person legally liable for the support of the recipient becomes possessed of any property or income in addition to that available at the time the grant was made, the department of human services may, for […]
§346-36 Assistance payments, subject to change or repeal. All public assistance granted under this chapter shall be deemed to be granted and held subject to any amending or repealing act that may be passed and no recipient under this chapter shall have any claim for compensation or otherwise by reason of the recipient’s assistance being […]
§346-37 Recovery of payments and costs of medical assistance. (a) If a recipient under this chapter dies leaving an estate and does not have a surviving spouse, child, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, stepfather, stepmother, or any designated heir, the department shall have a valid claim against the estate for the amount of social services […]
