§346-29 Applications for public assistance; manner, form, conditions. (a) Applications for public assistance under this chapter shall be made by the applicant, or by someone acting in the applicant's behalf, in the manner, place, and form prescribed by the department.
(b) No applicant or recipient who is found guilty of fraudulently misrepresenting residence to obtain assistance in two or more states shall be entitled to public assistance under this chapter for ten years from date of conviction. No applicant or recipient shall be entitled to public assistance under this chapter who is a fugitive felon or who is in violation of a condition of probation or parole or has sufficient income or other resources to provide a standard above that provided in this chapter, or who is an inmate of any public institution, except that any inmate of a public institution who is otherwise eligible for medical assistance and who has been determined by the medical director of the institution as having a major illness or medical condition requiring the provision of medical care outside of the institution may receive assistance under this chapter. An inmate of a public institution or resident of a medical institution may apply for assistance to begin after the inmate's discharge from the institution. To enforce this subsection, the department shall examine each list of inmates within, or newly admitted to, a correctional facility in the State that is submitted to the department by the director of corrections and rehabilitation pursuant to section 353-12.5, regardless of the nature of the offense for which an inmate is incarcerated or the duration of incarceration, to determine whether an inmate is eligible for public assistance under this chapter.
(c) In determining the needs of an applicant or recipient for public assistance by the department, the department shall:
(d) In determining eligibility for medical assistance, the department shall require from all applicants and recipients the assignment of any benefits due to a third party liability. Any rights or amounts so assigned shall be applied against the cost of medical care paid under this chapter.
(e) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 defining assets and to determine eligibility for medical assistance; provided that the cash surrender value of life insurance policies owned by persons included in an application shall be treated as assets. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4834; am L 1951, c 169, §§1, 2; RL 1955, §108-15; am L 1962, c 6, §2; HRS §346-29; am L 1969, c 173, §3; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1972, c 32, §1; am L 1975, c 145, §1(2); am L 1976, c 73, §2; am L 1979, c 52, §5; am L 1982, c 67, §1 and c 216, §1; am L 1984, c 95, §5; am L 1986, c 109, §1 and c 160, §4; am L 1987, c 345, §3; am L 1989, c 60, §1 and c 395, §1; am L 1990, c 322, §1; am L 1994, c 187, §1; am L 1996, c 300, §§3, 6; am L 1997, c 200, §§4, 9, 11; am L 1998, c 127, §§4, 5; am L 2007, c 237, §2; am L 2009, c 188, §3; am L 2013, c 18, §1; am L 2022, c 278, §29]