HAR §17-602.1-2. 602

1-4 “Hearing” means an administrative proceeding which affords an aggrieved person an opportunity to present an appeal before an impartial departmental representative for formal decision. “Hearing officer” means an impartial person assigned by the department to conduct hearings and to render a final decision. The hearing officer shall not have been directly involved in the initial determination of the action in question. “Informal review” means a review conducted by the branch welfare office at the written or oral request of a dissatisfied individual. An informal review is not the same as the administrative hearing procedure provided the individual after a written request for a hearing is received. “Request for hearing” means a clear written expression, documenting the appeal, by the claimant or authorized representative that the claimant wants a hearing because the claimant is dissatisfied with a DHS-BESSD action of denying, reducing, discontinuing, terminating, suspending, withholding assistance, changing the method of payment to protective or vendor payments, not acting on a claim for assistance with reasonable promptness, or determining an overpayment amount. “Support service” means child care, transportation and work expenses. [Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 9/18/06 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 45 C.F.R. §205.10) (Imp: HRS §346-12; 45 C.F.R. §205.10)