A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to impose certain requirements relating to the discharge or transfer of medicaid patients from skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] States that as a condition of approval of a State plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the requirement is imposed that: (1) in determining, for purposes of the administration of the State plan, the need for continued care in a particular skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility (which provides services for which payment may be made under the State plan) of an individual who is entitled to medical assistance under the State plan, and has, for a period of 120 days or more, been an inpatient of such facility, a determination which would result in discharge or transfer from such facility shall be made only if in the judgment of a physician, after consultation with other appropriate professional personnel, such discharge or transfer would be in the best interest of such individual's physical and mental health; (2) in making such judgment and such determination proper consideration shall be given, not only to the mental and physical condition of such individual, but also to the capability of the facility to meet his particular needs, and to the impact which discharge or transfer from the particular facility would, as a practical matter, have on his ge…