HAR §17-680-29
HAR §17-680-29. REPEALED
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-680-29
[R 11/09/06]
§17-680-30 Household responsibility to report
changes. (a) Households not subject to simplified
reporting shall be required to report changes as
specified in section 17-650-26.
(b) Households subject to simplified reporting
shall report changes as specified in sections 17-650-14
and 17-650-18.
(c) An applying household shall report all
changes related to its food stamp eligibility and
benefits at the certification interview. Changes, as
provided in subsections (a) or (b), which occur after
the interview but before the date of the notice of
eligibility, shall be reported by the household as
follows:
(1) On the six month report form for those
subject to simplified reporting; or
(2) Within ten days of the date of the change for
simplified reporting households required to
report other changes as specified in section
17-650-18; or
(3) Within ten days of the date of the change for
change reporting households as specified in
section 17-650-27.
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If the change is reported to the department prior to
the disposition of the application, the department
shall act upon the change in accordance with the
procedures as stipulated in section 17-647-33(d).
(d) For change reporting households, changes may
be reported in person, by telephone, or by mail. The
department shall document the date a change is
reported, which is the date the department receives the
change report form or is advised of the change over the
telephone or by a personal visit.
(e) If the department discovers that a household
failed to report a change as required and received
benefits for which it was not entitled, a claim for the
benefits for which it was not entitled shall be filed
against the household by the department. If the
discovery is made within the certification period, the
household shall be entitled to the following notice
requirements if benefits are reduced:
(1) Change reporting households shall be entitled
to timely and adequate notice; and
(2) Simplified reporting households shall be
entitled to:
(A) An adequate notice if the change in
circumstances was discovered within the
simplified reporting system; or
(B) Timely and adequate notice if the change
in circumstances was discovered outside
of the simplified reporting system.
(f) Individuals shall not be disqualified for
failing to report a change without a determination of
intentional program violation. However, an individual
shall be disqualified in accordance with the
intentional program violation disqualification under
chapter 17-604.1 when found guilty of intentional
program violation. A household shall not be held
liable for a claim because of a change in household
circumstances which it is not required to report under
subsections (a) or (b).
(g) Reporting requirements other than those in
subsections (a) and (b) shall not be imposed upon the
household.
(1) A change report form shall be provided to
newly certified households not subject to
simplified reporting at the time of
certification and at recertification if the
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household needs a new form. A new form shall
be sent to the household whenever a change
report form is returned by the household.
(2) Although a household not subject to
simplified reporting shall be encouraged to
complete and return the change form when a
change is being reported, changes reported
over the telephone or in person by the
household shall be acted upon in the same
manner as those reported on the change report
form.
(3) Households subject to simplified reporting
shall be provided with a six month report
form no later than six months from the end of
the household’s certification period. [Eff
3/19/93; am 10/13/95; am 12/18/95; am and
comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7
C.F.R. §§273.12(a), 273.12(b), 273.21)