307 INSTITUTIONS SR 99-09, 03/99 (AAM-A)

Inpatients of public or private institutions, which primarily treat tuberculosis or mental or emotional disorders, are not eligible for benefits.

Exceptions: All of the following institutionalized individuals may be eligible for adult category financial or medical assistance, if all other eligibility requirements are met:

• individuals at public institutions who physically reside outside the institution, even if they are under the general supervision of the institution;

• individuals who are admitted to the New Hampshire Hospital, including the Anna Philbrook Center, for purposes of evaluation only, for a period not to exceed 3 months;

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• adults in residential care facilities and community residences;

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• individuals under age 22 or age 65 or older, and hospitalized at a Designated Receiving Facility. Eligibility is determined differently depending on the actual or anticipated length of stay. See Section 307.01 , Individuals in Designated Receiving Facilities; *

• patients at the psychiatric unit of the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center;

• children in licensed foster homes, group homes, nonprofit private child care institutions, or public child care institutions with less than 25 children; and

• children participating in the special education program at the Tobey Building (DCYF).

Residents of the Glencliff Home for the Elderly may be eligible for medical assistance as clients residing in a nursing facility.