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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-104

  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Public assistance: means financial assistance to or for the benefit of persons whom the department has determined to be without sufficient means of support to maintain a standard consistent with this chapter, payments to or on behalf of such persons for medical care, and social service payments as described under the Social Security Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 rendering any person ineligible for public assistance if the person refuses to accept suitable work as provided by public service employment without justifiable reason.