Section 17-663-138 - Treatment of military personnel's income when individual is temporarily deployed to duty away from home(a) When a military person is removed from the food stamp household because of deployment, the income that is left to the household which originates from the military pay shall be treated as unearned income.(b) Only that portion of the military person's income which is available to the household either in the form of an allotment, directly deposited into a joint or spouse's bank account or contributed to the household, shall be counted as income to the food stamp household.(c) When a military person returns to the household after being temporarily deployed, the person's earnings shall be prospectively budgeted in accordance with chapter 17-680. However, that portion of the household's income which originated from the military personnel's earnings, such as an allotment, shall not be budgeted in determining the household's eligibility or level of benefits.(d) Any additional payment received by a military person who has been deployed to a designated combat zone shall be excluded from household income for the duration of the military person's deployment if the additional pay is the result of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, and the additional income was not received immediately prior to serving in the combat zone.Haw. Code R. § 17-663-138
[Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 11/19/05; am and comp OCT 07 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §§273.9(b); 273.10(c); Public L. 108-447)