Definitions

# (1)

# (a)

"Bed day" means each 24-hour period that a resident of a nursing facility is present in the facility and receiving skilled nursing care or intermediate nursing care or in which a bed is held for a resident while the resident is on temporary leave from the facility.

# (b)

The term includes all periods of 24 hours described in subsection (1)(a), regardless of the source of payment. The term also includes the day of a resident's admission to a nursing facility and the day of the resident's death, even though the resident is present for less than a 24-hour period on these days.

# (2)

"Calendar quarter" means the period of 3 consecutive months ending March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31.

# (3)

"Department" means the department of revenue.

# (4)

"Nursing facility" or "facility" means a health care facility licensed by the department of public health and human services as a nursing facility to provide skilled nursing care or intermediate nursing care. The term includes:

# (a)

nursing facilities, whether they are:

(i) operated as nonprofit or for-profit facilities;

(ii) freestanding or part of another health care facility; or

(iii) publicly or privately operated; and

# (b)

the Montana mental health nursing care center provided for in 53-21-411 .

# (5)

"Report" means the report of bed days required in 15-60-201 .

# (6)

"Skilled nursing care" and "intermediate nursing care" have the same meaning as those terms are defined in 50-5-101 .

# (7)

"Utilization fee" or "fee" means the fee required to be paid for each bed day in a nursing facility, as provided in 15-60-102 . (Void on occurrence of contingency--sec. 18, Ch. 746, L. 1991--see chapter compiler's comment.)