---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.651"
title: "42"
number: "456.651"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.651"
---

# §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](/cfr/42/441.151.md) 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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1102 and 1903(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1396 b(g)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 56338, Oct. 1, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]