Conditions for coverage of religious nonmedical health care institutional services

42 U.S. Code § 1395i-5. Conditions for coverage of religious nonmedical health care institutional services

(a) In generalSubject to subsections (c) and (d), payment under this part may be made for inpatient hospital services or post-hospital extended care services furnished an individual in a religious nonmedical health care institution and for home health services furnished an individual by a religious nonmedical health care institution only if—
(1)
the individual has an election in effect for such benefits under subsection (b); and
(2)
the individual has a condition such that the individual would qualify for benefits under this part for inpatient hospital services, extended care services, or home health services, respectively, if the individual were an inpatient or resident in a hospital or skilled nursing facility, or receiving services from a home health agency, that was not such an institution.
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