55 Pa. Code § 161.24 - Procedures

(a) Recipients who are temporarily institutionalized. The following provisions apply to temporarily institutionalized recipients:

(1) AFDC and GA recipients who are hospitalized. Assistance will continue for recipients who are temporarily hospitalized.

(2) SBP recipients who are hospitalized. The following procedures apply to hospitalized SBP recipients:

(i) Recipients not receiving nursing home care payments when hospitalized. For these recipients the grant for SBP will be computed as if the recipient had not been hospitalized.

(ii) Recipients receiving nursing home care payments when hospitalized. The following procedures will apply for these recipients:

(A) For the first month, the grant and eligibility for nursing home care payments will be computed as if the hospitalized recipient remained in the nursing home, if the following conditions are met:

(I) The recipient is expected to return to the nursing home.

(II) The nursing home reserves for the recipient the facilities that had been provided.

(III) The nursing home requires payment for the facilities that are RESERVED.

(B) If one or more of these conditions is not met, the grant and eligibility for SBP will be computed as provided in § 3760, but not § 3764.

(C) For the succeeding months, the grant for SBP will be computed as provided in § 3760, but not § 3764.

(b) Applicants about to leave a public institution. An applicant who is about to leave a public institution will be eligible for one maximum semimonthly grant immediately before he leaves the institution to enable him to make living arrangements for himself outside the institution.

Notes

55 Pa. Code § 161.24

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 141.42 (relating to definitions); and 55 Pa. Code § 227.24 (relating to procedures).