Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-56

  • 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

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 government of grants or grants-in-aid for public assistance and such administrative costs as are provided in connection therewith.