Section 161.23. Requirements

(a) Institutional status and effect on eligibility. The following table shows whether a person in an institution may receive assistance and the conditions that affect each category. If more than one code appears, each one will apply.

Code	Description
YES	Eligibility not affected by institutional status.
A	Yes, but only if the person is free to make financial arrangements with the institution and to leave at any time.
B	Yes, but only if there is a physician’s statement to substantiate that the person is a patient (§ 161.22 (relating to policy)) and that he is not in the institution because of a diagnosis of tuberculosis or psychosis. Also required is information to substantiate that the institution is a medical institution (§ 161.22) and that the institution is not one established for the treatment of tuberculosis or mental disease.
NO	Assistance may not be granted.
Z	No, except an applicant who has a definite plan to leave the institution (§ 161.24(b) (relating to procedures)).

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS	AFDC	GA	BP-P
Inmate or Resident of a public Mental, Penal, Reform or Correctional Institution	Z	Z	No
Inmate or Resident of any other Public Institution	Z	Z	Yes
Temporary Hospitalization in a Public Mental Institution	No	A	A
Temporary Hospitalization in any Tuberculosis Institution or a Patient in a Medical Institution because of a diagnosis of Tuberculosis or Psychosis	No	A	Yes
Temporary Hospitalization in any other Medical Institution	A,B	A	Yes
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS	AFDC	GA	BP-B
Resident of Private Tuberculosis or Mental Institution or Patient in a Medical Institution because of a diagnosis of Tuberculosis or Psychosis	No	A	Yes
Resident of Other Medical Institution	No	A	Yes
Resident of a Non-Medical Institution	No	A	Yes
Temporary Hospitalization in any Tuberculosis or Private Mental Institution or a patient in a Mental Institution because of a diagnosis of Tuberculosis or Psychosis	No	A	Yes
Temporary Housing in any other Medical Institution	A,B	A	Yes