---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.15"
title: "42"
number: "441.15"
heading: "Home health services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.15"
---

# §441.15. Home health services.


With respect to the services defined in [§ 440.70](/cfr/42/440.70.md) of this subchapter, a State plan must provide that—

- (a) **Home health services include, as a minimum—**
  - (1) Nursing services;
  - (2) Home health aide services; and
  - (3) **Medical supplies, equipment, and appliances.**
- (b) **The agency provides home health services to—**
  - (1) Categorically needy beneficiaries age 21 or over;
  - (2) Categorically needy beneficiaries under age 21, if the plan provides skilled nursing facility services for them; individuals; and
  - (3) **Medically needy beneficiaries to whom skilled nursing facility services are provided under the plan.**
- (c) The eligibility of a beneficiary to receive home health services does not depend on his need for or discharge from institutional care.
- (d) The agency providing home health services meets the capitalization requirements included in [§ 489.28](/cfr/42/489.28.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 24889, Apr. 11, 1980; 63 FR 310, Jan. 5, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 24889, Apr. 11, 1980; 63 FR 310, Jan. 5, 1998]