42 CFR § 456.651 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s456.651"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 456.651 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "456.651"
section_name: "Definitions."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "456"
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# 456.651 Definitions.
For purposes of this subpart—
*Facility,* with respect to inpatient psychiatric services for individuals under 21, includes a psychiatric program as specified in § 441.151 of this chapter.
*Level of care* means one of the following types of inpatient services: hospital, mental hospital, intermediate care facility, or psychiatric services for individuals under 21.
*Long-stay services* means services provided to a beneficiary after a total of 60 days of inpatient stay (90 in the case of mental hospital services) during a 12-month period beginning July 1, not counting days of stay paid for wholly or in part by Medicare.
[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]