Section 16-23-73 - Public assistance benefits recipients(a) The state department of human services (DHS) shall provide a certificate of eligibility for JUP coverage to eligible licensed drivers and unlicensed permanently disabled individuals unable to operate their motor vehicle, who are receiving public assistance benefits from the department or from the Supplemental Security Income program under the Social Security Administration and who desire basic motor vehicle insurance policy coverage under JUP; provided such licensed drivers and unlicensed permanently disabled individuals unable to operate their motor vehicle are the sole registered owners of motor vehicles to be insured under the JUP. The applicant shall submit the certificate in person or by mail to the servicing carrier of the applicant's choice for a motor vehicle insurance policy. Certificates received by the servicing carrier within thirty days from the date of certification of eligibility by the state department of human services shall be accepted and treated as if it were payment in full for the requested motor vehicle insurance coverages. The servicing carrier shall certify this certificate which will function as a motor vehicle insurance policy and issue the applicant a motor vehicle insurance identification card. The servicing carrier shall develop the information necessary to validate the eligibility of the applicant. Only basic motor vehicle insurance policy coverages, as defined in sections 16-23-4, 16-23-5, and 16-23-9, shall be bound, and the effective date of coverage shall be the same date as the signature date on the certificate by the applicant; however, the effective date shall not precede the time and date of the certification of eligibility by the state department of human services, the date that the servicing carrier receives the certificate, or the second day after postmark, whichever is later. In the event that the applicant fails to date the certificate, the date that the servicing carrier receives the certificate or the second day after postmark, whichever is earlier, shall be considered the date the applicant signed the certificate. The servicing carrier shall promptly notify the director of human services of public assistance recipients which it insures.(b) An applicant shall first exhaust all paid coverage under any motor vehicle insurance policy then in force before becoming eligible for JUP coverage.(c) Upon termination of public assistance benefits, the DHS shall: (1) Notify the recipient upon termination of public assistance benefits and instruct the recipient that the recipient must immediately notify the servicing carrier of the termination of benefits and obtain timely insurance for the recipient's vehicle;(2) Give written notice to the recipient that the recipient's JUP basic motor vehicle insurance policy will terminate thirty days from the date of termination of public assistance benefits. This notice of cancellation shall be considered as proper notification under section 431:10C-112, HRS, and section 16-23-15, providing the recipient with thirty days notice of cancellation; and(3) Notify the servicing carrier of the termination of public assistance benefits and the date the termination was effective. [Eff 9/1/80; am and comp 9/1/82; comp 9/1/85; am 9/1/86; am and comp 9/1/88; am and comp 9/15/89; comp 9/1/90; am 9/1/91; am and comp 6/1/93; am and comp 1/1/98; am and comp 1/8/99; comp 11/11/12] (Auth: HRS §§ 431:10C-214, 431:10C-406) (Imp: HRS § 431:10C-407)