Chapter 346

§346-1 What key terms mean in this chapter

§346-2 Appointment of department of human services staff

§346-2.5 Background checks for people working with tax info or vulnerable people

§346-3 Who sets pay for human services workers

§346-4.5 DHS investigators: powers and access to records

§346-5 Department of Human Services must report to the governor

§346-6 How the department can spend money and accept donations

§346-7 Accepting grants for public assistance programs

§346-7.5 State fund for stopping spouse and child abuse

§346-8 Extra money for the Department of Human Services

§346-9 How workshop programs get funded

§346-10 Confidentiality of public assistance records

§346-11 Penalty for sharing confidential welfare records

§346-12 How to appeal a decision about your benefits

§346-13 Witnesses and bank records in public assistance cases

§346-14 What the Department of Human Services must do

§346-14.3 Guiding principles for state agencies helping children of incarcerated parents

§346-14.5 Creating an advisory council for financial aid programs

§346-15 Death benefits and handling of unclaimed bodies

§346-16 Definitions for child care and foster care terms

§346-17 Rules for foster care organizations and homes

§346-17.2 Health assessment for children in out-of-home placement

§346-17.3 Who pays for a foster child's car insurance

§346-17.4 College money for former foster youth

§346-17.5 Federal aid for children in foster care

§346-17.6 When a shelter can take in a minor without parent consent

§346-19.7 Adoptive parent standards and background checks

§346-19.8 Disability cannot be the only reason to deny a petition

§346-26 Preventing or treating the causes of needing public assistance

§346-28.5 Family self-sufficiency savings don't count for benefit tests

§346-29 How to apply for public assistance and who can get it

§346-29.3 Reporting employers of medical assistance recipients

§346-29.5 When the state can put a lien on your property for benefits

§346-30 Limits on getting other public help while on assistance

§346-31 Work assignments for people getting public assistance

§346-32 Workers' comp for public assistance workers on public projects

§346-33 Protecting assistance payments from being taken

§346-34 Penalties for welfare fraud and misuse of benefits

§346-35 When the state can change or stop your benefits

§346-36 Public assistance can change or end anytime

§346-37 How the state gets back money it paid for medical help

§346-37.1 Child support debt when the state pays public assistance

§346-37.2 State takes over the right to collect child support debt

§346-37.3 Telling the child support agency about public assistance

§346-38 What happens if a recipient can't manage their money

§346-39 Who provides legal help to the Department of Human Services

§346-39.5 What happens to leftover benefit money in EBT accounts

§346-40 Medicaid provider records: keep, show, and penalties

§346-41 State officials can inspect care facilities that get Medicaid money

§346-41.5 Extra payments for Hawaii health centers serving the uninsured

§346-42 When officials can inspect homes or businesses and get a warrant

§346-43 Penalties under other laws

§346-43.5 Medical assistance fraud and its penalties

§346-44 Getting back money paid by mistake in public assistance

§346-45 Who can see court records in adult protective cases

§346-46 State rules for nurse aide training and recertification

§346-48 State Medicaid may cover ground ambulance and emergency care

§346-51 Who runs public assistance and child welfare services

§346-51.5 How TANF money can be spent

§346-52 Who can get public assistance under this rule

§346-53 How the state decides your financial aid amount

§346-53.1 Summer EBT for children program

§346-53.2 Public input on welfare program spending

§346-53.3 Felony drug conviction and public benefits

§346-53.4 How expanded care homes get paid for skilled nursing residents

§346-53.6 How health centers get paid for Medicaid services

§346-55.1 Public aid does not cancel child support duties

§346-56 State must follow federal rules to get funding

§346-57 Loans for people waiting on federal SSI benefits

§346-57.5 Rules for the interim assistance reimbursement special fund

§346-59 How the state pays medical care providers

§346-59.1 Medicaid must pay for telehealth visits like in-person visits

§346-59.2 State help for breast and cervical cancer patients

§346-59.4 Medical assistance for certain children under 19

§346-59.5 State oversight of health plan contracts

§346-59.6 Getting back Medicaid payments made by mistake

§346-59.7 Turning Medicaid overpayment decisions into court judgments

§346-59.9 Rules for covering psychotropic medications in Medicaid programs

§346-60 Rules for paying group therapy providers

§346-61 Choosing who provides your eye care in public programs

§346-62 Blind applicants must get an eye exam first

§346-63 Rules for paying for social services

§346-64.5 Who can get chore services and what they include

§346-65 Emergency money for families facing child abuse or neglect

§346-66 Psychologists can provide services without another doctor's referral

§346-67 Medical foods and low-protein products for metabolic conditions

§346-68 Bridge to Hope program: help for students in First-to-Work

§346-69 A safety net program for families losing welfare

§346-70 State-funded medical help for certain pregnant women

§346-71 General assistance for households without minor dependents

§346-72 How to apply for general assistance without minor dependents

§346-74 Who gets a representative payee for substance abuse benefits

§346-97 Background checks for people who work with clients

§346-101 Public service employment program: findings and purpose

§346-102 State jobs for people on public assistance

§346-103 Pay for public service jobs

§346-104 Refusing a job can make you lose public assistance

§346-141 Helping qualified people return to their homeland

§346-142 Who qualifies for transportation help

§346-143 Contracts for helping people return to their homeland

§346-144 How to get help returning to your homeland

§346-145 Rules for paying travel costs to return home

§346-146 Penalty for misusing transportation assistance

§346-152 Who is exempt from child care licensing rules

§346-152.3 How the state investigates unlicensed child care

§346-152.5 Requirements for exempt child care providers

§346-152.7 Child care centers must have a written safe sleep policy

§346-153 Child care facility records and what the public can see

§346-154 Background checks for child care providers and staff

§346-155 How rules are made under this part

§346-156 Fines for breaking these rules and how they are enforced

§346-157 Child care providers must carry liability insurance

§346-158 No Smoking in Child Care Facilities

§346-161 License required to run a group child care home or center

§346-162 Rules for protecting children in group care

§346-163 Licenses and temporary permits for group child care homes and centers

§346-164 When the state can take away or give back a child care license

§346-165 State officials can visit and inspect child care facilities

§346-166 Records for group child care homes and centers

§346-171 Registering a family child care home

§346-172 Rules for keeping children safe in family child care homes

§346-173 How to register your home as a family child care home

§346-174 Public access to family child care home registry

§346-175 Visits and inspections of family child care homes; losing your registration

§346-176 How the state sets up family child care homes

§346-177 Program to help unregistered home care providers get registered

§346-181 Preschool open doors program for early learning

§346-182 State fund for preschool program money

§346-183 Child care grant program special fund

§346-185 Preschool program purchases can skip normal bidding rules

§346-186 Collecting and sharing early learning data

§346-187 Early childhood registry; staff information required

§346-188 State program to help child care providers get accredited

§346-222 What the words mean in this law

§346-223 Where abuse cases are heard

§346-224 Who must report abuse of vulnerable adults and how

§346-225 Keeping reports and reporter identities confidential

§346-226 Getting access to vulnerable adult records

§346-227 When the state must investigate abuse of a vulnerable adult

§346-228 What the department can do after investigating

§346-229 When investigators can visit or enter a vulnerable adult's home

§346-230 When protective services must stop

§346-231 Getting a quick court order to protect a vulnerable adult

§346-232 Court hearing after an emergency protection order

§346-233 How to file a petition for a vulnerable adult's protection

§346-234 Guardian ad litem and lawyer for a vulnerable adult

§346-235 Combining guardianship cases with this part's cases

§346-236 When permanent living changes are not allowed

§346-237 Notice of proceedings

§346-238 How notice must be delivered and when

§346-239 When a hearing can be delayed if someone is missing

§346-240 Court hearing to decide if abuse happened

§346-241 Protective order and plan before the hearing

§346-242 Court review hearings for protective orders

§346-243 How to appeal a court order in this case

§346-244 When private talks can be used in court

§346-245 Hearings for protective proceedings are private and without a jury

§346-246 Failure to comply with court orders

§346-247 Court can order payment for a vulnerable adult's care

§346-248 Fiscal and service responsibility

§346-249 Officials must help protect vulnerable adults

§346-250 Protection from lawsuits for people who report or help

§346-251 Everyone is presumed able to make their own decisions

§346-252 No one can be forced into this program just because they are old

§346-253 State agency must make rules for this program

§346-261 Mandatory work program for welfare recipients

§346-301 State program to help adopt children with special needs

§346-302 Equal benefits for adopted children

§346-303 Rules for adoption assistance benefits

§346-304 Adoption help does not depend on family income

§346-305 Old adoption assistance agreements stay valid

§346-351 Findings

§346-352 Doctors can skip preapproval for certain Medicaid prescriptions

§346-361 Definitions for homeless programs

§346-362 Duties of the Department of Human Services

§346-363 Donor protection for homeless donations

§346-364 State land can be given to homeless programs

§346-365 Program administration

§346-366 Time limits for providing shelter to homeless families

§346-367 Who decides who gets homeless shelter services

§346-368 Removing people from homeless shelters and programs

§346-369 Tax and fee exemptions for homeless service providers

§346-370 Emergency or transitional shelter volunteers

§346-371 Yearly financial audit

§346-372 Provider agencies and donors are not breaking competition laws

§346-373 This part wins over other laws

§346-374 Homeless shelter stipends

§346-374.5 Minimum standards for emergency shelters

§346-375 Temporary emergency shelters

§346-376 Department's extra powers do not replace other laws

§346-378 Housing first programs for chronically homeless people

§346-381 State council to plan and advise on homelessness

§346-381.5 Who appoints the homelessness coordinator

§346-382 Who serves on the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness

§346-383 Council meetings and voting rules

§346-385 What key terms mean in this section

§346-386 Statewide office on homelessness and housing solutions

§346-387 Administration of the homelessness office

§346-388 State office duties to fight homelessness

§346-388.1 Rules for building and running kauhale projects

§346-388.2 Kauhale program reports and oversight rules

§346-388.3 Setting up and reporting on ohana zones for homeless housing

§346-389 Coordinator must send yearly progress report to lawmakers

§346-391 Why this program exists for young adults leaving foster care

§346-392 What key terms mean in this foster care law

§346-393 Rights of young adults in court

§346-394 Family courts handle all cases under this part

§346-395 Who can keep getting foster care services as a young adult

§346-396 Voluntary care agreement

§346-397 When extended foster care services can start

§346-398 Where and when to file a petition for extended foster care

§346-399 Notice rules for court hearings and reviews

§346-400 Case plans and court reports for young adults

§346-401 Court hearings are private and confidential

§346-402 When the court can appoint a lawyer for a young adult

§346-403 Court check-ins for young adults in voluntary care

§346-404 When court oversight of a young adult ends

§346-405 How a young adult can get court oversight back

§346-406 When the department is not responsible for a young adult's actions

§346-421 Health analytics program; appointments

§346-431 Definitions for wellness and resilience programs

§346-432 Creating the Office of Wellness and Resilience

§346-433 What the Office of Wellness and Resilience must do

§346-434 Office must report yearly to lawmakers

§346-435 Creating the wellness and resilience advisory board and its duties

§346-436 State well-being project to improve mental health support