---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.103"
title: "42"
number: "441.103"
heading: "Alternate plans of care."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.103"
---

# §441.103. Alternate plans of care.

- (a) The agency must develop alternate plans of care for each beneficiary age 65 or older who would otherwise need care in an institution for mental diseases.
- (b) **These alternate plans of care must—**
  - (1) Make maximum use of available resources to meet the beneficiary's medical, social, and financial needs; and
  - (2) In Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, make available appropriate social services authorized under [sections 3(a)(4)](/cfr/42/3.md?p=a-4) (i) and (ii) or 1603(a)(4)(A) (i) and (ii) of the Act.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 44 FR 17940, Mar. 23, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.