470-2 CONTINUED BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARILY INSTITUTIONALIZED RECIPIENT
An APA recipient may continue to receive full APA benefits for up to 3 months while living in a long-term care facility, psychiatric facility, hospital, or while receiving nursing care in an Alaska Pioneers’ Home, which would otherwise result in either APA ineligibility or cause the recipient to be subject to the $75 personal needs payment. To qualify for continued full APA benefits, the individual must meet and fulfill all of the following requirements:
The individual must be eligible for APA benefits for the month that he or she enters the institution. Individuals who are SSI Supplemental Security Income recipients must also continue to receive SSI Supplemental Security Income benefits in order to qualify for continued benefits under this provision; receipt of SSI Supplemental Security Income benefits is an eligibility factor for APA for these individuals. The case worker must coordinate continued benefits with the SSI Supplemental Security Income claims representative in these cases.
The individual must live throughout the affected month in one or more public medical or psychiatric institutions (including the Alaska Psychiatric Institute) or in any other type of Medicaid facility.
The individual, or someone acting on the individual's behalf, must show the need to pay some or all the expenses of maintaining a home or living arrangement to which the individual may return. A written statement which specifies this need is enough to verify the individual's need to maintain a home or living arrangement, unless the case worker has reason to believe otherwise.
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