Appendix A: Institutional Status Chart

Public Institutions

TANF

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

No, only upon release

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

No

Temporary hospitalization in a public psychiatric institution

No

Temporary hospitalization in a medical institution

Yes

Private Institutions

TANF

Resident of a private psychiatric institution

No

Resident of any other private institution

No

Temporary hospitalization in a private psychiatric institution

No

Temporary hospitalization in a medical institution

Yes

55 Pa. Code ยง 161.23

Updated July 14, 2017, Reviewed July 30, 2013