(a) Assistance shall be granted under this article to any person who:

(1) Is 65 years of age or older;

(2) Does not have sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health;

(3) Is not, at the time of receiving assistance, an inmate or patient of any public institution, except as a patient in a medical institution. An inmate or patient of such an institution may, however, make application for such assistance but the assistance, if granted, shall not begin until after he ceases to be an inmate;

(4) Has not made an assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for assistance under this article at any time within two years immediately prior to the filing of application for assistance pursuant to this article;

(5) Has been a bona fide resident of this state for not less than one year; and

(6) Is not receiving assistance under Article 3 of this chapter.

(b) No applicant shall be required to subscribe to a pauper's oath in order to be eligible for assistance under this article.

(c) Final conviction of a crime or criminal offense and detention of one so convicted either by this state or by any subdivision thereof shall constitute a forfeiture or suspension of all rights to assistance under this article but only during the period of actual confinement.