* Not to exceed 45 days for each calendar year.
** Refers to a confinement or series of confinements of the same illness not separated from each other by 90 days within a calendar year. In this case, a member or beneficiary is not entitled to another set of benefits until after 90 days. They can only avail of the unused portion of the benefits and the room and board fees until the 45 days allowance is exhausted.

However, a member can avail of new set of benefits if succeeding confinements are of different illness or condition.