40-189 COUNTY IN WHICH RECIPIENT MAKES THEIR HOME

.1 Home County A recipient is considered to "make their home" in the county in which they are physically residing.

.2 Exceptions The following are exceptions to .1 above:

.21 Maintaining Home The recipient is maintaining a home in a county other than the county in which he/she is physically residing with the intent of returning to that home within four months.

.211 Four-Month Limitation The four-month period starts from the date the county paying aid determines that the recipient is "maintaining a home" in a county other than that in which he/she is physically residing.

.212 Fails To Return Home If the recipient fails to return within the four-month period, he/she is considered to have moved to the county in which he/she is physically residing.

.22 Farm Labor Family The four-month limitation does not apply to the recipient farm labor family that goes to another county to work when a home is maintained to which the family will return when not working.

.221 County of Responsibility The county responsible for paying aid is the county where the farm labor family maintains a home. The home county continues to be responsible for aid payment until the family establishes a home base in another county.

.23 AFDC-FC Placement In AFDC-FC, a child placed by a public agency or a private agency which has legal custody because the child was relinquished to them or a court has given them legal custody, shall be considered to make his/her home in the county in which the court having jurisdiction for the child is located, regardless of whether the child's placement is located in another county.

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.24 Inpatient in Public or Private When the AU moves because a member of the AU

Health Care Institutions must go to another county to be admitted to a public or private health care institution for inpatient care, the AU is considered to make its home in the first county. The AU must continue to maintain the existing home while out of the first county.

.25 Inpatient Released From A recipient, who was part of an existing AU prior to

State Hospital entering a state hospital and is released from inpatient status in a state hospital, is considered to continue to make his/her home in the county where the AU resided prior to the AU member's admittance to the state hospital from which he/she was admitted for a period not to exceed three years following his/her release from the hospital.

.26 Medical Care in Another County When a member of an AU must go to another county solely because needed medical care is not available in the home county, the AU's home is considered to be the first county. The AU must continue to maintain the existing home while out of the first county.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553, 10554, 10604, 11102, and 11369, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 10553, 10554, and 10604, Welfare and Institutions Code.

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