CHAPTER 184

An Act to amend and reenact § 32-294, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to eligibility of persons for hospitalization under the
State-Local Hospitalization program, so as to direct the Board of
Welfare and Institutions to promulgate and distribute uniform eligi-
bility standards as an aid to local authorizing agents. 9

[S 92]

Approved March 4, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 32-294, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 32-294. The eligibility of persons for hospitalization to be fur-
nished wholly or in part at public expense, shall be determined by an author-
izing agent, duly designated and appointed by the governing body of each
county or city, who shall be empowered by the appointing governing body
to carry out the provisions of this chapter as they appear. Due notice
of such appointment shall be made by the governing body to the Board.
No person shall be denied hospitalization solely on the ground that he is
not otherwise eligible for public relief.

The Board shall promulgate uniform eligibility standards for hosp-
talization under the provisions of this chapter, and shall distribute copies
of such standards to the authorizing agent of each county and city as a
guide in aid of such agents in determining eligibility of persons for such
hospitalization, but it shall not be mandatory upon such authorizing agents
to apply such uniform eligibility standards when making such determina-
tion.

A medically indigent resident of a county or city is defined as any
person domiciled in such county or city who has resided in this State for
the preceding twelve months, whether gainfully employed or not and who,
either by himself or by those upon whom he is dependent, is unable to pay
for the hospitalization required.