Haw. Code R. § 17-678-18.1 - Nature of benefit change action
(a) To avoid an
over- or under-expenditure of funds appropriated by the legislature of the
State of Hawaii for the General Assistance program, action to comply with
section 346-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
may include:
(1) Suspension or cancellation
of benefits for one or more months;
(2) Increase or reduction in benefits for one
or more months; or
(3) A
combination of reduction, suspension, and termination for one or more months
until the first month of the state fiscal year.
(b) If an increase or reduction in benefits
is deemed necessary, benefits shall be changed by changing the monthly
assistance allowance by the same percentage for all households.
(c) The following General Assistance
households shall not be affected by a change action:
(1) Households receiving Refugee Assistance;
or
(2) Residents of domiciliary
care homes.
(d) For
household receiving financial assistance under the General Assistance program,
the monthly assistance allowance shall not exceed sixty-two and one-half per
cent of the standard of need.
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