Appendix E: Institutional Status Chart

Public Institutions

Eligible for GA?

Inmate or resident of a public penal, reform or correctional institution

No, only upon release. (Pre-Release Grant)

Inmate or resident of a public psychiatric or any other public institution

No, only upon release. (Pre-Release Grant)

Temporary hospitalization in a public psychiatric institution

Yes, if free to leave and make own financial arrangements.

Temporary hospitalization in a medical institution

Yes, if free to leave and make own financial arrangements.

Private Institutions

Eligible for GA?

Resident of a private psychiatric institution

Yes, if free to leave and make own financial arrangements.

Resident of any other private institution

Yes, if free to leave and make own financial arrangements.

Temporary hospitalization in a private psychiatric institution

Yes, if free to leave and make own financial arrangements.

Temporary hospitalization in a medical institution

Yes, if free to leave and make own financial arrangements.

55 Pa. Code ยง 161.23

Issued April 11, 2019