modification of medicare’s 14-day transfer requirement for extended care benefits

modification of medicare’s 14-day transfer requirement for extended care benefits Sec. 248. Section 1861 (i) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out “within 14 days after discharge from such hospital;” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(A) within 14 days 86 Stat. 1426after discharge from such hospital, or (B) within 28 days after such discharge, in the case of an individual who was unable to be admitted to a skilled nursing facility within such 14 days because of a shortage of appropriate bed space in the geographic area in which he resides, or (C) within such time as it would be medically appropriate to begin an active course of treatment, in the case of an individual whose condition is such that skilled nursing facility care would not be medically appropriate within 14 days after discharge from a hospital;”