---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 489.26"
title: "42"
number: "489.26"
heading: "Special requirements concerning veterans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/489.26"
---

# §489.26. Special requirements concerning veterans.


For inpatient services, a hospital that participates in the Medicare program must admit any veteran whose admission is authorized by the Department of Veterans Affairs under [38 U.S.C. 603](/usc/38/603.md) and must meet the requirements of [38 CFR part 17](/cfr/38/part17.md) concerning admissions practices and payment methodology and amounts. This section applies to services furnished to veterans admitted on and after July 1, 1987.


## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 32123, June 22, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395i-3, 1395x, 1395aa(m), 1395cc, 1395ff, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 22937, Apr. 4, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 32123, June 22, 1994]