42 CFR § 456.433 - Initial continued stay review date.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s456.433"
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title: "42 CFR § 456.433 - Initial continued stay review date."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "456.433"
section_name: "Initial continued stay review date."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "456"
part_name: "UTILIZATION CONTROL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "456"
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# 456.433 Initial continued stay review date.

The UR plan must provide that—

(a) When a beneficiary is admitted to the ICF under admission review requirements of this subpart, the group performing UR assigns a specified date by which the need for his continued stay will be reviewed;

(b) The group performing UR bases its assignment of the initial continued stay review date on the methods and criteria required to be described under § 456.435(a);

(c) The initial continued stay review date is—

(1) Not later than 6 months after admission; or

(2) Earlier than 6 months after admission, if indicated at the time of admission; and

(d) The group performing UR insures that the initial continued stay review date is recorded in the beneficiary's record.