307.01 Eligibility Within Institutions SR 99-09, 03/99 (FAM-A)

Individuals residing in institutions are not eligible for TANF financial or medical assistance or Healthy Kids-Gold medical coverage.

Exceptions

Institutionalization does not automatically make a dependent child ineligible for benefits. Policy regarding temporary absence from the home applies. See Section 207.05, Living with a Specified Relative.

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The following individuals may be eligible for TANF financial or medical assistance, or Healthy Kids-Gold medical coverage, if all other eligibility requirements are met:

• Clients of public institutions who physically reside outside the institution, even if under the general supervision of the institution.

• Individuals 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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• Individuals under 22 years old, or age 65 or older, and hospitalized at a Designated Receiving Facility. Eligibility is determined differently depending on the actual or anticipated length of hospitalization. See Section 307.03, Medical Assistance: Designated Receiving Facilities.

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• Patients at the psychiatric unit of the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center.

• Children in licensed foster homes, group homes, nonprofit child care institutions, or public child care institutions with less than 25 children.

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