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LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES 10.7 ALL LTC facilities are licensed: • skilled nursing facilities (SNF), • skilled nursing units (SNU), • intermediate care facilities (ICF), • intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICF-MR), and • psychiatric institutions. MA Applicants residing in LTC facilities are eligible for assistance (see Chapter 2: Long-Term Care/Impoverished Spouse in Part VII). TANF A person who is in a LTC facility for the entire calendar month is ineligible for assistance for that month. GC See TANF FS Individuals in a LTC facility are ineligible for FS unless the facility is authorized by the FNS to accept FS.

PENAL INSTITUTIONS 10.8 ALL A person is considered an inmate of a penal institution until s/he is released: • on bail, • as not guilty, • on parole, • on pardon, or • upon completing his/her sentence. Individuals involuntarily residing in a halfway house are considered inmates. MA Adult inmates who would be eligible for Medicaid if they were not incarcerated are eligible for Medicaid coverage for in-patient procedures including, but not limited to, labor and delivery. Such individuals are not eligible for outpatient or ambulatory care services through Medicaid. If individuals under age 21 in penal facilities require inpatient medical care, they are eligible for Medicaid coverage for the period of the inpatient hospital stay. TANF Inmates are not eligible for TANF GC See TANF FS See TANF

PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES 10.9 MA Individuals at psychiatric facilities such as the Psychiatric Institute and St. Elizabeth's Hospital are eligible for MA under the same rules as if they were not in an institution. Such facilities do not, however, qualify as LTC facilities. After an individual has resided in a psychiatric facility for 30 days, his/her parents' or spouses' income/resources are no longer considered available to the individual in the institution. TANF Individuals residing in a psychiatric facility are treated like other individuals absent from