---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 483.138"
title: "42"
number: "483.138"
heading: "Maintenance of services and availability of FFP."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/483.138"
---

# §483.138. Maintenance of services and availability of FFP.

- (a) **Maintenance of services.** If a NF mails a 30 day notice of its intent to transfer or discharge a resident, under [§ 483.15(b)](/cfr/42/483.15.md?p=b) of this chapter, the agency may not terminate or reduce services until—
  - (1) The expiration of the notice period; or
  - (2) **A subpart E appeal, if one has been filed, has been resolved.**
- (b) **Availability of FFP.** FFP is available for expenditures for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries during—
  - (1) The 30 day notice period specified in [§ 483.15(b)](/cfr/42/483.15.md?p=b) of this chapter; or
  - (2) **During the period an appeal is in progress.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 68871, Oct. 4, 2016]

### Source

Source: 57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7, 1395i, 1395hh and 1396r.

### Amendments

[57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 68871, Oct. 4, 2016]