HAR §17-680-13. Processing changes in family size

(a) When an application is made to include an individual and the individual is prospectively determined eligible to be added to the assistance unit, the department shall determine the amount of financial assistance as follows: (1) Determine the new standard of assistance which includes the needs of the existing family members and the individual being added; (2) Include the income prospectively of the individual being added pursuant to sections 17-676-51 and 17-680-10.1; (3) Determine the amount of the full month’s financial assistance entitlement the family is eligible to receive which includes the needs and income of the individual being added for the month the individual is added; (4) Determine the difference between the amount obtained in paragraph (3) and the amount of the full month’s financial assistance entitlement the family received or was §17-680-13 680-13 eligible to receive prior to the individual being added; and (5) Determine the amount of the corrective payment or overpayment by multiplying the amount obtained in paragraph (4) by the ratio of thirty-one minus the calendar day the individual is eligible to be added, divided by a standard thirty day month. The department shall take the decimal quotient, obtained in calculating the ratio, to an accuracy of four decimal places and drop the remaining decimals. For example, when an individual is added on the tenth of a month and the difference obtained in paragraph (4) is $40, the corrective payment or overpayment would be $28 (3l minus 10 = 21 divided by 30 = .7000 x $40 = $28). (A) When the amount obtained in paragraph (3) is greater than the amount of the full month’s financial assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive prior to the individual being added, the family shall be eligible to receive a corrective payment. (B) When the amount obtained in paragraph (3) is less than the amount of the full month’s financial assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive prior to the individual being added, the family shall be considered overpaid. (b) The department shall not continue to deem the income of an individual living in the same home and not included in the financial assistance payment effective the month the individual is included in the financial assistance payment. The department shall follow the rules in subsection (a) to determine the family’s eligibility and amount of financial assistance payment for the month the individual is added. (c) When an individual leaves the assistance unit, the department shall: (1) Include the recipient’s needs in the financial assistance payment the month the individual leaves the assistance unit §17-680-13 680-14 provided the recipient was eligible on the first of the payment month. (2) Exclude the individual’s needs when the individual is not a member of the assistance unit on the first of the month; and (3) Exclude the individual’s income when the individual’s income is not used to determine eligibility for the payment month. [Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-l4) (Imp: HRS §§346-14, 346-53; 45 C.F.R. §§233.34, 233.35)