Section 40-26B-20

Definitions.

The following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) BED. Any bed that is licensed by the Alabama Department of Health and its successor agency to provide nursing home care which is in a nursing facility.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama.

(3) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year.

(4) MEDICAID PROGRAM. The medical assistance program as established in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as administered in the State of Alabama by the Alabama Medicaid Agency pursuant to executive order and Title 560 of the Alabama Administrative Code.

(5) NURSING FACILITY. An institution which is licensed under the laws of the State of Alabama as a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate nursing facility.

Nursing facility shall not include any facility owned or operated by, or operating under an exclusive contract with, the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, or any nursing facility/institution for the developmentally disabled (NF/IDD).

(6) NURSING FACILITY/INSTITUTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. A nursing facility that provides care only to physically and mentally disabled residents who are 18 years of age or less.

(Acts 1991, No. 91-126, p. 153, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-440, p. 871, §1; Act 97–901, §1.)