HAR §17-687-5. Issuance and availability of benefits

(a) The department or department's designee shall process and transmit the benefit payment to the department's EBT vendor for issuance of the benefit on a date designated by the department during the month of November 2025. (b) Benefits shall be issued to the household's existing EBT account and redeemable through the household's existing EBT card for FNS-allowable food items at FNS-approved food retailers. (c) Any unredeemed benefits issued under this chapter that are remaining in the household's EBT account shall be expunged on the first business day after December 31, 2025, and the household loses all rights to the balance amount that was remaining and unredeemed. [Eff 11/07/25; am and comp NOV 18 2025 ] (Auth: HRS §§91-3, 91-4, 346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 7 C.F.R. §274.2(a))