HAR §17-649-14. Mass changes in federal benefits

(a) The department shall treat cost-of-living increases and any other mass changes in social security benefits or SSI payments and other programs where information on cost of living adjustments is readily available and is applicable to all or a majority of those program’s beneficiaries as a mass change for food stamp purposes. (b) Change reporting households shall not be responsible for reporting these changes. The department shall be responsible for automatically adjusting a household’s food stamp benefit level. The change shall be reflected no later than the second allotment issued to change reporting households issued after the month in which the change becomes effective. §17-649-14 649-13 (c) Simplified reporting households shall report the change on the appropriate six month or eligibility review report but are not required to report these types of changes outside of simplified reporting. The department shall handle such information provided on the six month or eligibility review report in accordance with chapters 17-650 and 17-680. [Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.12(e)(3))