§ 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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