N.Y. Social Services Law § 118: Qualification on residence

§ 118. Qualification on residence. The continuous residence required

to acquire state residence or to establish liability for payment for

hospital or other institutional care shall not include any period during

which the person was (a) a patient in a hospital, or

(b) an incarcerated individual of any public institution or any

incorporated private institution, or

(c) if a child under the age of twenty-one years, in a boarding home

under the care of an authorized agency, or

(d) residing on any military reservation.

If, however, the periods of residence immediately prior and subsequent

to the period specified in a, b, c, or d, shall together equal the

required period of residence, such person shall be deemed to have had

the required continuous residence.