# SSR 77-20: SSR 77-20: SECTION 1611(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)) -- SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME -- ELIGIBILITY -- INSTITUTIONALIZATION THROUGHOUT A MONTH

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SSA_SSR_SSI_SSR_77_20

## Section

- **Citation:** SSR 77-20
- **Heading:** SSR 77-20: SECTION 1611(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)) -- SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME -- ELIGIBILITY -- INSTITUTIONALIZATION THROUGHOUT A MONTH
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Rulings
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Social Security Rulings / SSI / Eligibility / SSR 77-20

## Text

420 CFR 416.231

SSR 77-20

The claimant, a supplemental security income recipient, became an
inpatient of the County Hospital on October 3, 1974, and remained there
until November 21, 1974. The County Hospital is a public institution
within the meaning of Section 1611(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, as
amended.

Section 416.231 of the Social Security Administration Regulations No. 16
provides that "no person shall be an eligible individual . . . for
purposes of title XVI of the Act with respect to any month if throughout such month the person is an inmate of a public
institution ." (Emphasis Added). Section 416.231 further provides that
a "public institution" is an institution that is the responsibility of a
governmental unit, or over which a governmental unit exercises
administrative control and that being in an institution "throughout a
month" means a continuous stay involving 24 hours of every day, in a
calendar month.

Since the claimant was not confined in the public institution throughout
either October or November, she should receive her regular benefit for
those months.

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