Sec. 25. Quality improvement transfer program.
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Sec. 25. Quality improvement transfer program.
(a)The Department may exempt the following STAC hospitals from the requirements in this Section:
(1)A hospital operated by a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more.
(2)A hospital operated by a State agency or a State university.
(b)STAC hospitals may transfer patients who meet criteria in the LTAC hospital criteria and are medically stable for discharge from the STAC hospital.
(c)A patient in a STAC hospital may be exempt from a transfer if:
(1)The patient's physician does not issue an order for a transfer;
(2)The patient or the individual legally authorized to make medical decisions for the
patient refuses the transfer; or
(3)The patient's care is primarily paid for by Medicare or another third party. The
exemption in this paragraph
(3)of subsection
(c)does not apply to a patient who has exhausted his or her Medicare benefits resulting in the Department becoming the primary payer.