HRS §346-39.5
What happens to leftover benefit money in EBT accounts
This section says what happens to leftover cash benefits in an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) account. If the person who got the benefits dies and no family member in the same case still gets benefits, or if the account is not used for 90 days in a row, the money goes back to the program that paid it. Before that, the state can use the leftover money to pay back any overpayments the household owes.
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The statute, as written — Unclaimed financial assistance balances in electronic benefit transfer accounts
If there is a balance of financial assistance benefits in an electronic benefit transfer account, that balance shall revert back to the program's appropriation from which the funds were expended upon the death of a client who has no surviving family member receiving assistance in the same financial assistance case or upon abandonment of the financial assistance account. Prior to the reversion to the program's appropriation from which the funds were expended, the department may use the balance of the household's electronic benefit transfer account to offset any outstanding overpayments still owed by the household. For purposes of this section, financial assistance benefits refer to cash payments authorized by the department to be issued through the electronic benefit transfer system. A financial assistance account shall be considered abandoned when there is no debit transaction to the account for a period of ninety consecutive calendar days.
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