Current through September, 2024
Section 17-656.1-3 - Time limited benefits(a) Receipt of cash assistance shall be limited to sixty months for all assistance units; provided that the time limitation may not apply if: (1) The assistance unit meets the definition of an other work eligible household or a non-work eligible household, as specified in section 17-656.1-2, and is paid benefits using state funds; or(2) An extension is permitted by federal law.(b) A time eligible month will be credited to each adult in a work eligible household for each month assistance is received.(c) The determination of the number of months of assistance received by an assistance unit will be based on the primary adult.(d) Countable months of assistance begin with the first month the assistance unit receives assistance on or after December 1, 1996.(e) The department will count months of assistance for independent minor parents, but will not count months of assistance received as a dependent child.Haw. Code R. § 17-656.1-3
[Eff 9/26/97; am 10/18/01; am and comp 1/20/05; am 1/17/08; comp 6/26/09] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §§603, 608, 615; HRS §§ 346-14, 346-29, 346-53)