1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior Act of 2017 or the CARES Act of 2017 . 2. Elimination of Medicare 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities (a) In general Subsection (f) of section 1812 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395d ) is amended to read as follows: (f) Coverage of extended care services without a 3-Day prior hospitalization for qualified skilled nursing facility (1) In general Effective for extended care services furnished pursuant to an admission to a skilled nursing facility that occurs more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior Act of 2017 , coverage shall be provided under this part for an individual for such services in a qualified skilled nursing facility that are not post-hospital extended care services. (2) Continued application of certification and other requirements and provisions The requirements of the following provisions shall apply to extended care services provided under paragraph (1) in the same manner as they apply to post-hospital extended care services: (A) Paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 1814(a), except that the requirement of paragraph (2)(B) of such section shall not apply insofar as it relates to any required prior receipt of inpatient hospital services. (B) Subsections (b)(2) and (e) of this section. (C) Paragraphs (1)(G)(i), (2)(A), and (3) of section 1861(v). (D) Section 1861(y). (E) Section 1862(a)(18). (F) Section 1866(a)(1)(H)(ii)(I). (G) Subsections (d) and (f) of section 1883. (H) Section 1888(e). (3) Qualified skilled nursing facility defined (A) In general In this subsection, the term qualified skilled nursing facility means a skilled nursing facility that the Secretary determines— (i) subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), based upon the most recent ratings under the system established for purposes of rating skilled nursing facilities under the