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79 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Oregon Programs Eligibility Notebook • Section 4: Glossary and acronyms (07/2026) Resident of a Public Institution An individual that is: (a) Confined involuntarily in a local, state, or federal prison, jail, detention facility, or other penal facility, including being held involuntarily in a detention center awaiting trial or serving a sentence for a criminal offense; (b) Residing involuntarily in a facility under a contract between the facility and a public institution where, under the terms of the contract, the facility is a public institution; (c) Residing involuntarily in a facility that is under governmental control; or (d) Receiving care as an outpatient while residing involuntarily in a public institution. (e) An individual is not considered an inmate when the individual is: (A) Released on parole, probation, or post-prison supervision; (B) On home- or work-release, unless the individual is required to report to a public institution for an overnight stay; (C) Receiving inpatient care at a medical institution not associated with the public institution where the individual is an inmate. An individual is an inpatient when they’ve been admitted to a medical institution on the recommendation of a physician, and: (i) Expects to receive room, board, and professional services in the medical institution for a 24-hour period or longer; or (ii) Is expected to meet the criteria outlined in (i) of this part, but later dies, is discharged, or is transferred to another medical or extended care facility and does not actually stay in the medical institution for 24 hours. (D) Residing voluntarily in a detention center, jail, or county penal facility after their case has been adjudicated and while other living arrangements are being made for the individual; (E) Residing in a public institution pending other arrangements as defined in 42 CFR 435.1010; or (F) Residing in an Institution for Mental Disease (IMD), including the Oregon State Hospital and: (i) Is under age 21; (ii) Is 21 but was admitted to the IMD before their 21st birthday; or (iii) Is age 65 or older.