55 Pa. Code § 161.23

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
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.

CodeDescription
YESEligibility not affected by institutional status.
AYes, but only if the person is free to make financial arrangements with the institution and to leave at any time.
BYes, 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.
NOAssistance may not be granted.
ZNo, except an applicant who has a definite plan to leave the institution (§ 161.24(b) (relating to procedures)).

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONSAFDCGABP-P
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Inmate or Resident of a public Mental, Penal, Reform or Correctional InstitutionZZNo
Inmate or Resident of any other Public InstitutionZZYes
Temporary Hospitalization in a Public Mental InstitutionNoAA
Temporary Hospitalization in any Tuberculosis Institution or a Patient in a Medical Institution because of a diagnosis of Tuberculosis or PsychosisNoAYes
Temporary Hospitalization in any other Medical InstitutionA,BAYes
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONSAFDCGABP-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 PsychosisNoAYes
Resident of Other Medical InstitutionNoAYes
Resident of a Non-Medical InstitutionNoAYes
Temporary Hospitalization in any Tuberculosis or Private Mental Institution or a patient in a Mental Institution because of a diagnosis of Tuberculosis or PsychosisNoAYes
Temporary Housing in any other Medical InstitutionA,BAYes

55 Pa. Code § 161.23