[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR17.60]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17--MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 17.60  Extensions of community nursing home care beyond six months.

    Directors of health care facilities may authorize, for any veteran 
whose hospitalization was not primarily for a service-connected 
disability, an extension of nursing care in a public or private nursing 
home care facility at VA expense beyond six months when the need for 
nursing home care continues to exist and
    (a) Arrangements for payment of such care through a public 
assistance program (such as Medicaid) for which the veteran has applied, 
have been delayed due to unforeseen eligibility problems which can 
reasonably be expected to be resolved within the extension period, or
    (b) The veteran has made specific arrangements for private payment 
for such care, and
    (1) Such arrangements cannot be effectuated as planned because of 
unforseen, unavoidable difficulties, such as a temporary obstacle to 
liquidation of property, and
    (2) Such difficulties can reasonably be expected to be resolved 
within the extension period; or

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    (c) The veteran is terminally ill and life expectancy has been 
medically determined to be less than six months.
    (d) In no case may an extension under paragraph (a) or (b) of this 
section exceed 45 days.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1720(a))

[53 FR 13121, Apr. 21, 1988. Redesignated at 61 FR 21965, May 13, 1996]

                       Community Residential Care

    Source: 54 FR 20842, May 15, 1989, unless otherwise noted.