42 CFR § 441.154 - Active treatment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s441.154"
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title: "42 CFR § 441.154 - Active treatment."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "441.154"
section_name: "Active treatment."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "441"
part_name: "SERVICES: REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC SERVICES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 441.154 Active treatment.

Inpatient psychiatric services must involve “active treatment”, which means implementation of a professionally developed and supervised individual plan of care, described in § 441.155 that is—

(a) Developed and implemented no later than 14 days after admission; and

(b) Designed to achieve the beneficiary's discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time.