HAR §17-680-35. Changes in resources

When a household reports an increase in its assets which results in it exceeding the retention limit, the department shall determine whether the assets are projected to exceed the retention limit in the payment month following the month the change was reported. (1) If the assets are projected to exceed the retention limit in the payment month following the month the change was reported, the household shall be ineligible for the next payment month. (2) If the household is expected to dispose of the excess assets and not have countable excessive assets in the payment month following the month the excess assets were reported, the household shall be eligible for the payment month. [Eff 3/19/93; am 12/9/94; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §§273.12, 273.21) §17-680-36 Households that change their reporting status. (a) When a change reporting household timely reports a change in its situation that results in the household losing its exemption from the simplified reporting requirements, the department shall take the following steps: (1) Inform the household of its new reporting requirements and the consequences for failing to comply with its new requirements; (2) Computer issue a six month report form to the household no later than six months prior to the end of the household’s certification period. (b) When a household becomes exempt from the simplified reporting requirements as specified in section 17-650-12, the department shall immediately notify the household of the following information within ten days of the date the department becomes aware of the change: §17-680-36 680-34 (1) The household is exempt from the simplified reporting requirements; (2) The household is no longer required to file any future six month reports; (3) The household is now required to report changes in the household’s circumstance within ten days of when the change becomes known to the household; and (4) The effective date the change in reporting requirements will take effect. [Eff 3/19/93; am 2/7/94; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §§273.12(c), 273.21(f)) §17-680-37 Households with a decrease in income due to failure to comply. (a) The department shall ensure that there is no increase in food stamp benefits to households on which a penalty resulting in a decrease in income has been imposed for failure to comply with a Federal or State welfare program which is means-tested and distributes publicly funded benefits. (b) The procedures for determining food stamp benefits when there is such a decrease in income are as follows: (1) When a recipient’s benefits under a Federal or State means-tested program (such as but not limited to SSI, AFDC, GA) is decreased due to failure to comply, the department shall identify that portion of the decrease which is a penalty. The penalty shall be that portion of the decrease specifically attributed to the repayment of benefits overpaid as a result of the household’s failure to comply. (2) The department shall calculate the food stamp benefits using the benefit amount which would be issued by that program if no penalty had been deducted from the recipient’s benefit. [Eff 3/19/93; am 10/28/96; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.11(j); Pub. L. No. 104-193 (1996)) §17-680-39 680-35