The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) DADS--The Department of Aging and Disability Services. (2) Facility--Any of the following: (A) an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded or the corporate parent of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded licensed under Chapter 252, Health and Safety Code; or (B) a facility operated according to the requirements of Chapter 252, Health and Safety Code, and owned and/or operated by a community mental health and mental retardation center as described in Chapter 534, Subchapter A, Health and Safety Code; or (C) a facility owned by DADS. (3) Total gross receipts--Money paid to a facility for services provided to residents, including daily rate claims, applied income, payments from private-pay residents, and bed-hold revenue. Effective September 1, 2009, the term does not include payments for durable medical equipment. (4) Total patient days--The sum of the total number of residents for which a facility receives payment for services from DADS or another source on behalf of a resident on each day of the month. |
