South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 67 - Department of Social Services
Article 67:46 - Eligibility for medical services
Chapter 67:46:01 - General provisions
Section 67:46:01:17 - State residency determinations - General provisions

(1) If the individual has been placed by a state agency into an out-of-state institution, the state arranging or actually making the placement is the individual's state of residence;

(2) If the individual is competent and leaves the facility into which the individual had been placed by a state, that individual's state of residence is the state in which the individual is physically located;

(3) If a placement is initiated by a state because that state lacks a sufficient number of appropriate facilities to provide services to its residents, the state making the placement is the individual's state of residence;

(4) If the individual is receiving a state supplementary payment, the state making the supplementary payment is the individual's state of residence;

(5) If the individual is receiving federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, the state making the payment is the individual's state of residence.