[§257-7] Assets; disregarded. The department of human services and the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii shall collaborate with individual development account fiduciary organizations to ensure that the accounts as provided for in this chapter, including any earned interest, shall be disregarded in the determination of benefits or eligibility for services account holders may receive from said agencies as allowed by federal and state laws and regulations.

The department of human services shall establish rules to be aligned with individual development accounts after June 28, 1999. [L 1999, c 160, pt of §25]