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.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-26B-20

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(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.
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