# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities; Notice of Facility Closure
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2013-03-19 · Effective 2013-04-18 · 78 FR 16795
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-06276
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 16795
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 483
- **Publication date:** 2013-03-19
- **Effective date:** 2013-04-18
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3230-F
## Abstract

This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that published February 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/03/19/2013-06276/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-requirements-for-long-term-care-ltc-facilities-notice-of-facility)
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