Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-7

  • Adoption assistance: means the payment or payments for the maintenance of a child which are made or committed to be made pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2
  • Child: means a person less than eighteen years of age, or a person less than twenty-one years of age who has mental or physical handicaps that warrant the continuation of assistance beyond the age of eighteen. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2
  • Department: means the department of human services and its authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2

The department shall include a provision for adoption assistance and medical assistance for which the federal government pays for some or all of the costs in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, Public Law 96272 or Social Security Act, titles IV(e) or XIX.