Section 17-656.1-9 - Verification of relationship and household composition(a) The applicant or recipient shall be the primary source of information in establishing the specified relationship to the child and shall provide the department with documents to support the relationship to the child.(b) When documentary sources are not available, statements of members of the individual's family shall be relied upon. The family members' relationship to the individual and the facts on which the knowledge is based shall be recorded.(c) When an applicant or recipient reports the absence of a child's parent from the home, the applicant or recipient shall submit verification of the continued absence of the parent if the absence is questionable, unless exempt under subsection (d).(d) The applicant or recipient shall not be required to submit verification of the continued absence of a parent under the following conditions, unless the department has information indicating the absent parent may be in the home: (1) The applicant or recipient lives with a legal or common-law spouse who is not the absent parent; or(2) The department has verification of a separate address for the absent parent from other departments, agencies, or other offices within the department.(e) The department shall provide a form for the applicant or recipient to use in verifying the continued absence of a parent.(f) The applicant or recipient shall designate a reliable collateral source to complete this verification form prescribed by the department. The collateral source shall be a person who: (1) Has knowledge of the family's circumstances;(2) May be expected to provide an accurate verification of the family's circumstances;(3) Lives in a separate residence from the applicant or recipient; and(4) Is not a blood relative to members of the applicant or recipient family. Examples of a reliable collateral source include, but shall not be limited to, the absent parent's employer, a landlord, personnel from another agency, or a neighbor.
(g) When the applicant or recipient refuses or fails to provide verification from a reliable collateral source, the department shall: (1) Require the applicant or recipient submit verification from a different collateral source; or(2) Deny or terminate benefits based on questionable household composition when the applicant or recipient refuses or fails to provide verification.Haw. Code R. § 17-656.1-9
[Eff 9/26/97; comp 1/20/05, comp 6/26/09] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §§601, 602; HRS § 346-14)