HAR §17-650-16. Processing the six month report

(a) The department shall review the report to ensure accuracy and completeness. The report shall be considered incomplete only if: (1) It is not signed by an adult member of the household or an authorized representative. For the food stamp program only, a minor household member may sign the report; or (2) It omits information and verification necessary to determine the household’s eligibility or to compute the household’s benefit level. (b) If a household fails to file a six month report or files an incomplete report by the specified filing date, the department shall give the household at least ten days from the date the department mails the notice to file a completed six month report. (c) If the completed report is not received by the department or household does not verify required information within the extended filing period, benefits shall be terminated and adequate notice issued. (d) For the food stamp program, if the household fails to provide sufficient information or verification regarding a deductible expense within the extended filing period, the department will not terminate the household, but shall: (1) Determine the household’s benefits without regard to the new or increased deduction. (2) Determine benefits using the last verified deduction, provided residence or other circumstances related to the deduction have not changed. (e) The department shall provide an adequate notice to the household with specific information on how the department determined the household’s benefits. This notice shall be provided so that the household receives it not later than either the date the resulting benefits are to be received or in place of the benefits if no benefits are to be issued. [Eff §17-650-16 650-10 and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.12; 42 U.S.C. §§601-610)