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HRS §347-9

Help for blind and visually impaired people

This section lets the Department of Human Services help blind and visually impaired people by arranging visits, teaching them at home, and giving them reading materials. It is a permission for the department, not a requirement. No deadlines, amounts, or penalties are listed.

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The statute, as written — Visiting blind and visually handicapped persons; home teaching

The department of human services may take whatever measures it deems necessary to ameliorate the condition of blind and visually handicapped persons by promoting visits among them, providing instruction in their homes, and circulating reading matter among them for their education and recreation.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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