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Community Mental Health Centers

Guidance for Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) and Conditions of Participations (CoPs) for Community Mental Health Centers.

Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: November 13, 2013

Publication date: 

October 29, 2013

Effective date:     

October 29, 2014

CFR section numbers:      

42 CFR 485.900 - 485.918 et al. (final rule)

CFR section descriptions: 42 CFR Part 485 - Conditions of Participation for Community Mental Health Centers

Brief description of document(s)

The final rule, CMS-3202-F, is a formal set of community mental health center (CMHC) Conditions of Participation, which are the health and safety regulations Medicare providers must meet to participate in the Medicare program.

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