Chapter 346 — Chapter 346

§346-40 Maintenance and availability of records; penalty. (a) To enable another provider to determine the proper course of treatment in emergencies and in order to determine whether a provider is genuinely entitled to reimbursement and to protect the medicaid program against frau…

§346-407 REPEALED. L 2016, c 134, §5.

§346-41 Inspection of institutional facilities. (a) The director of the department of health, department of human services and the attorney general of the State shall have the right to inspect all institutions and organizations in the State, whether public or private, to which pa…

§346-41.5 Hawaii qualified health centers. If the medicaid managed care program is implemented, the department shall provide a supplemental capitation program for the uninsured with enabling services based on an annual cost-based determination to all Hawaii qualified health cente…

§346-42 Administrative inspections and warrants. (a) Issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants shall be as follows: (b) The designated representative of the attorney general or the department may make administrative inspections of provider premises in accordanc…

§346-44 Recovery of public assistance overpayments. All overpayments of public assistance funds, including but not limited to overissuances of financial assistance, food stamp bonuses under a food stamp plan, medicaid assistance, and incorrect vendor payments in behalf of a recip…

§346-45 Confidentiality of court records. (a) The court shall maintain records of all adult protective proceedings under this chapter. All court documents and records pertaining to the action or proceeding shall be subject to inspection only by the vulnerable adult, and the vulne…

§346-46 Certified nurse aides; training programs and recertification. The director shall:

§346-47 REPEALED. L 2016, c 21, §5.

§346-5 Reports. The director of human services shall file with the governor a written report or reports at such times, at least once in each year, and in such form as shall be requested by the governor covering the condition and activities of the department of human services and …

PART II. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS COVERING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES §§346-51 to 346-62 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1975, c 145, §1(3). §346-51 Public assistance and child welfare services administered by department. The department of human services shall administer public as…

§346-53 Determination of amount of assistance. (a) This subsection does not apply to general assistance to households without minor dependents. The standard of need shall equal the poverty level established by the federal government in 2006, prorated over a twelve-month period ba…

§346-53.8 REPEALED. L 2013, c 143, §4.

§346-54 REPEALED. L 2022, c 126, §3.

§346-55 REPEALED. L 1983, c 196, §3.

§346-55.5 REPEALED. L 1986, c 332, §24.

§346-56 State reimbursement. The department of human services shall comply with all federal requirements pertaining to methods and standards of administration and shall make such rules and regulations and follow such procedures as may be required for the receipt from the federal …

§346-57 Loans to applicants for federal supplemental security income. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, the department of human services may, out of its operating funds, make loans to any person eligible for public assistance as provided in this chapter who is an applican…

§346-58 REPEALED. L 1976, c 150, §3.

§346-59 Medical care payments. (a) The department shall adopt rules under chapter 91 concerning payment to providers of medical care. The department shall determine the rates of payment due to all providers of medical care, and pay such amounts in accordance with the requirements…

§346-59.2 Comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program. (a) There is established the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program, to be administered by the department of human services in collaboration with the department of health, to assist women who ha…

§346-59.4 Medical assistance to other children. The department shall provide state-funded medical assistance, of up to two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level for Hawaii, to persons less than nineteen years of age who are: who are otherwise eligible for benefits under t…

§346-59.6 Medicaid overpayment recovery. The director shall recover medicaid overpayments made to providers. Medicaid overpayments shall be recovered due to a provider's ineligibility, noncovered service, noncovered drug, lack of prior authorization when a service requires one, i…

§346-59.8 REPEALED. L 2003, c 191, §4.

§346-6 Appropriations; expenditures; donations. Moneys provided by the legislature for expenditure by the department of human services shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the director of human services or the director's duly authorized subordinates. All contributions or d…

§346-62 Examination of blind. The department of human services shall not approve an application for public assistance to a blind person until the applicant has been examined by an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or a qualified physician designated by it to make such examinations. T…

§346-64 REPEALED. L 1999, c 51, §1.

§346-65 Child abuse and neglect discretionary emergency assistance. (a) The department may grant funds to a family for child abuse and neglect discretionary emergency assistance in accordance with this section. The purpose of these grants is to assist children and families when a…

§346-67 Medical foods and low-protein modified food products; treatment of inborn error of metabolism; notice. (a) Public assistance recipients in this State who receive medical assistance pursuant to this chapter shall be allowed coverage for medical foods and low-protein modifi…

§346-68 Bridge to hope program; transitional benefits. (a) There is created within the department a post-secondary education benefits program, to be known as the bridge to hope program, for heads of households in the first-to-work program. (b) To receive assistance under this pro…

§346-7 Acceptance of grants-in-aid or outright grants. (a) The department of human services may accept, at any time, grants-in-aid or outright grants from the federal government or any department thereof for general assistance, medical assistance, care of transients, and other no…

§346-7.5 Spouse and child abuse special fund. (a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "spouse and child abuse special fund", and to be administered and expended by the department of human services. (b) The proceeds of the special fund …

PART III. GENERAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT MINOR DEPENDENTS §346-71 General assistance to households without minor dependents. (a) The department of human services is authorized to administer and provide public assistance to eligible persons who are disabled, who are not …

§346-72 Applications. Applications for general assistance to households without minor dependents 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 of human services. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; …

§346-73 REPEALED. L 1975, c 145, §2.

§346-8 Additional funds. (a) The department of human services may accept and deposit with the director of finance, for use in carrying out any of the purposes of this chapter or for costs of administration, any funds which may be provided by the United States government, any coun…

PART IV. SERVICES TO ADULTS A. Day Care Center--Repealed §§346-81 to 346-85 REPEALED. L 2012, c 93, §7.

§346-9 Workshop program. (a) All moneys to fund workshop or home labor activities for welfare recipients or other persons who, in the opinion of the department, would benefit from the experience, and all moneys for the purchase of materials, machinery, and other facilities and fo…

B. Family Boarding Homes--Repealed §346-90 REPEALED. L 1978, c 107, §7.

§§346-91 to 346-96 REPEALED. L 1985, c 272, §11.

[C. General Provisions] §346-97 Criminal history record checks. (a) For the purposes of this section: "Conviction for a relevant crime" means any federal or state conviction for any relevant crime as defined in this section. "Criminal history record name inquiry" means a search b…