Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-35

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Public assistance: means financial assistance to or for the benefit of persons whom the department has determined to be without sufficient means of support to maintain a standard consistent with this chapter, payments to or on behalf of such persons for medical care, and social service payments as described under the Social Security Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Recipient: means the person for whose use and benefit services are rendered or a grant of public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1

If, at any time during the currency or continuance of public assistance, the recipient, or any person legally liable for the support of the recipient becomes possessed of any property or income in addition to that available at the time the grant was made, the department of human services may, for such cause or for any other like cause, either cancel the assistance or change the amount thereof.