HAR §17-659-3. Eligibility conditions

(a) Applicants and recipients of the general assistance program must be categorically ineligible for AFDC. For purposes of this chapter, an applicant or recipient who has exhausted the sixty month time limit specified in §17-656.1-3 but meets all other requirements of the AFDC program is not considered categorically ineligible for AFDC. (b) An individual who is unable to engage in any substantially gainful activity because of a medically determinable physical impairment, mental impairment, or a combination of a physical and a mental impairment which may be expected to result in death or which has lasted or may be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, or an individual who is sixty-five years of age or older, shall apply for the federal supplemental security income program (SSI) administered by the Social Security Administration. (1) An individual who has been determined ineligible for SSI because of the individual’s own failure to respond or to submit evidence to establish the individual’s SSI eligibility shall be ineligible for GA. (2) An individual who has been determined ineligible for SSI through no fault on the part of the individual such as, being determined over-income §17-659-4 659-5 by SSI standards, or not being sufficiently disabled to meet SSI requirements, may be eligible for GA when the individual fails to qualify for state supplementary assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled, as specified in chapter 17-658. (3) An individual who is sixty-five years of age or older shall be categorized under the state funded AABD program and shall meet the requirements of chapter 17-658 pending the final determination of the SSI program. (c) An individual shall meet the applicable conditions and requirements of the department’s financial assistance programs, including but not limited to, residency, citizenship, income, and assets requirements. (d) The director shall determine the allowance for general assistance based upon the total amount appropriated for general assistance and the costs for administering the general assistance program. (e) An individual shall meet the applicable provisions of this chapter. [Eff 3/19/93; am 8/01/94; am 7/24/95; am 12/15/95; am 11/22/96; am 9/26/97; am 7/16/99; am 5/31/02; am and comp 3/27/09; am 10/09/10] (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-53, 346-71) (Imp: HRS §§346-52, 346-53, 346- 57, 346-71)