Section 17-683-3 - Underpayments(a) Prompt action shall be taken to correct any underpayments to currently eligible assistance units and to assistance units which would have been eligible if an error had not occurred.(b) If an assistance unit has both an overpayment and an underpayment, the overpayment and underpayment shall be offset one against the other in correcting the payment.(c) Payments provided to the assistance unit to correct the underpayment shall not be counted as income or asset in determining continued eligibility and the amount of assistance in the month the corrective payment is made and the following month.(d) Corrective payments shall be made for any underpayment due a former recipient when financial assistance is restored.(e) The rules specified in this section are effective for underpayments which are identified subsequent to: (1) September 30, 1981, for the federally funded categories of assistance, regardless of when the underpayment occurred; and(2) July 18, 1982, for the state funded categories of assistance, regardless of when the underpayment occurred.[Eff 3/19/93; am 7/16/99; comp NOV 19 2005] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §§601 - 603; HRS 346-44)