HAR §17-647-2
HAR §17-647-2. Definitions
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-647-2
For the purpose of this
chapter:
"Application" means a written request on the
department's application form for financial assistance
and food stamps.
"Authorized representative" means a person
designated in writing by the head of a household, the
spouse, or other responsible household member, to act
on behalf of a household in applying for program
benefits, and in securing and using food stamp coupons.
For food stamps, it shall also mean a private nonprofit
organization or institution conducting a drug addiction
or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation center, or a
public or private nonprofit group living arrangement
whose residents are blind or disabled recipients of
benefits under Title II or Title XVI of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§401-433; 1381-1383), which
will act on behalf of households who reside at the
centers in applying for and obtaining food stamps.
"Certification period" means a definite period of
time established by the branch during which the house-
hold shall be eligible for food stamp benefits unless
notified otherwise through appropriate notification
procedures.
"Collateral contact" means verification of a
household's statements through a personal or telephone
contact with a person outside a household.
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"Elderly person" means a person sixty years of age
or over.
"Identifiable application" means an application
that contains an applicant's name, address, the
signature of a responsible member of a household or a
household's authorized representative, and a date.
"INS" means the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, United States Department of Justice.
"Notice of adverse action" means an adequate and
timely advance notice which shall be sent to a house-
hold to inform the household of action planned to
reduce or terminate program benefits.
"Verification" means the use of third party
information or documentation to establish the accuracy
of statements on an application. [Eff 3/19/93; am
8/01/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-29; 7
C.F.R. §273.1; 45 C.F.R. §206.10)