HRS §257-7
How savings accounts are protected for benefits
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the Department of Human Services must work with organizations that manage individual development accounts. Money in these accounts, including interest, will not count against you when the department decides if you qualify for benefits or services. The department must make rules that match these accounts.
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The statute, as written — Assets; disregarded
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The department of human services shall collaborate with individual development account fiduciary organizations to ensure that the accounts as provided for in this chapter, including any earned interest, shall be disregarded in the determination of benefits or eligibility for services account holders may receive from the department of human services as allowed by federal and state laws and regulations. The department of human services shall establish rules to be aligned with individual development accounts.
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