Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart C - Eligibility Requirements › Chapter 161 - PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONS › AFDC/GA PROVISIONS FOR PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONS › Section 161.22 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Inmate
or
resident
-An
						inmate or resident of an institution is a person who resides in the
						institution, that is, he is not making his home elsewhere. Persons not
						considered to be residing in an institution are a person who is in a hospital
						for temporary care, or a person who is on leave of absence from a public mental
						institution. A person who is boarded out by a public mental institution is
						considered to be residing in the institution.
Medical institution
-A medical
						institution is one established to provide medical care, including nursing and
						convalescent care, that has the professional personnel, equipment, and
						facilities to provide the medical needs of patients on a continuing basis, and
						is staffed by professional medical or professional nursing personnel who have
						clear and definite responsibility to the institution in the provision of
						medical services to patients.
Patient
-A patient is a person in a
						medical institution because of illness, injury, or other defect for whom there
						is planned, continuing medical treatment, including nursing care, directed
						toward improvement in health, or for whom palliative medical measures are
						required, though improvement in health or recovery cannot be expected, and who
						is receiving professional medical treatment or care.
(i) A person eligible for a nursing home care
					 or intermediate care payment is always considered to be a patient in a medical
					 institution.
(ii) A person is not
					 considered to be a patient if he is in an institution for purposes of sheltered
					 or custodial care because of a disability for which he does not receive
					 continuing planned medical treatment.
(iii) A person aged 16 or more and
					 emancipated who is eligible in all other respects, may be eligible for public
					 assistance when living in a group home under the Community Living Arrangements
					 Program for the Mentally Retarded of the Department. The persons are free to
					 come and go as they please and are free to make other living arrangements at
					 any time. These persons, however, would not be entitled to Food Stamps when
					 living on a room and board basis.
Private institution
-An institution is
						considered to be private when its management, administration, and operations
						are privately controlled and the source of its funds is either private, or
						private and public.
Public institution
-An institution is
						considered to be public when a governmental unit controls the management or
						administration of the institution and provides the major part of the
						funds.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
													451.3 (relating to
						  requirements).