HAR §17-655-27. REPEALED

[R 8/1/94 ] §17-655-28 Financial assistance eligibility requirements for residents of institutions. (a) The following individuals shall not be eligible for financial assistance: (1) An inmate in a public institution; (2) A resident or patient in an institution for mental disease, tuberculosis, or the mentally retarded; and (3) A resident or patient in a long-term care facility. (b) An individual may be eligible for financial assistance if the individual has been paroled from a public institution or is on conditional release or convalescent leave from an institution for mental disease, tuberculosis, or the mentally retarded. (c) An inmate of a public institution may apply for financial assistance but assistance shall not begin until the inmate has left the institution. (d) An individual shall not be considered an inmate of a public institution when the individual is in a public educational or vocational training institution for purposes of securing education or vocational training. [Eff 3/19/93 ] (Auth: HRS §346- 14) (Imp: HRS §346-29; 45 C.F.R. §§233.60, 233.90) §17-655-29 Financial assistance payment for a recipient or applicant in a medical institution. (a) A recipient shall continue to receive assistance for up to sixty days after admission to any medical 655-21 institution, other than a long term care facility or a medical institution for tuberculosis, mental disease, or mental retardation, if the attending physician certifies that the recipient will be able to return to an independent living arrangement or a residential treatment facility within sixty days. (b) An applicant in a medical institution, other than a long term care facility or medical institution for tuberculosis, mental disease, or mental retardation, shall receive assistance for up to sixty days provided the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician certifies that the applicant will be discharged to an independent living arrangement or a residential treatment facility within 60 days from the date of application or for newborns, from the date of birth; and (2) The applicant who was residing in a long-term care facility prior to admission to a medical institution for an acute condition shall not receive assistance under this section when the applicant is expected to return to a long-term care facility. (c) This section shall not apply to residents in a domiciliary care home. [Eff 3/19/93 ] (Auth: HRS §346-53) (Imp: 45 C.F.R. §233.20) §17-655-30 Food stamp eligibility requirements for residents of institutions. (a) Residents of institutions shall not be eligible for participation in the food stamp program, except for: (1) Residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly, built under either section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. §1701q) or section 236 of the National Housing Act (42 U.S.C. §3538); (2) Narcotic addicts or alcoholics who, for the purposes of regular participation in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment and 655-22 rehabilitation program, reside at a facility or treatment center; (3) Disabled or blind individuals who are residents of group living arrangements and who receive benefits under title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§401-433, 1381-1383); (4) Women and children residing in shelters for battered women and children; and (5) Residents of public or private nonprofit shelters for homeless persons. (b) Residents of public institutions who apply for SSI prior to their release from an institution under the Social Security Administration's Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized (42 U.S.C. §1383(j)) shall be permitted to apply for food stamps at the same time the residents apply for SSI. These prerelease applicants shall be processed according to the food stamp application requirements. [Eff 3/19/93 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.1(e))