Haw. Code R. § 17-1422-5 - Authorization for service

(a) Courtesy services shall be authorized for persons meeting the requirements of this chapter under the following circumstances:

(1) The requesting agency gives enough information to the department to identify and locate the person to be contacted; and

(2) The department is able to initiate the requested service without causing undue delay or denial of direct services in other adult and community care programs.

(b) When the service cannot be initiated within thirty calendar days, the request for service shall be placed on a waiting list. No authorization for courtesy services shall be made until the department determines that the service shall be initiated within thirty calendar days.

(c) Courtesy services for a repatriate shall be authorized upon confirmation from the income maintenance section of the department that the individual is eligible for assistance under the temporary assistance for repatriates program for one of the following periods:

(1) Not more than ninety days from the day of arrival of the repatriate in the United States; or

(2) Not more than twelve months from the day of arrival of the repatriate in the United States if the individual is handicapped in attaining self-support or self-care for reasons including but not limited to age, disability, or lack of vocational preparation.

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Haw. Code R. § 17-1422-5

[Eff 6/29/92; am 12/5/97] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-14; 45 C.F.R. §212.4)