Section 17-655-28 - Financial assistance eligibility requirements for residents of institutions(a) The following individuals shall not be eligible for financial assistance: (1) An inmate in a public institution;(2) A resident or patient in an institution for mental disease, tuberculosis, or the mentally retarded; and(3) A resident or patient in a long-term care facility.(b) An individual may be eligible for financial assistance if the individual has been paroled from a public institution or is on conditional release or convalescent leave from an institution for mental disease, tuberculosis, or the mentally retarded.(c) An inmate of a public institution may apply for financial assistance but assistance shall not begin until the inmate has left the institution.(d) An individual shall not be considered an inmate of a public institution when the individual is in a public educational or vocational training institution for purposes of securing education or vocational training.[Eff 3/19/93] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-29; 45 C.F.R. §§233.60, 233.90 )