[§346F -3] Definitions.
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[§346F -3] Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Continuing care retirement community" means an entity providing nursing facility services, along with assisted living or independent living on a contiguous campus with the number of assisted living and independent living beds in the aggregate being at least twice the number of nursing facility beds. For purposes of this definition, "contiguous" means land adjoining or touching other property held by the same or related organization, and includes land divided by a public road.
"Department" means the department of human services.
"Net patient service revenue" means gross inpatient revenues from services provided to nursing facility patients less reductions from gross inpatient revenue resulting from an inability to collect payment of charges. Inpatient service revenue excludes non-patient care revenues, such as revenues from beauty and barber services, vending income, interest and contributions, revenues from the sale of meals, and all outpatient revenues. Reductions from gross revenue include contractual adjustments, uncompensated care, administrative, courtesy, and policy discounts and adjustments, and other revenue deductions.
"Nursing facility" means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 11-94.1, Hawaii administrative rules.
"Resident day" means a calendar day of care provided to a nursing facility resident, including the day of admission and excluding the day of discharge; provided that one resident day shall be deemed to exist when admission and discharge occur on the same day. A resident day includes a day on which a bed is held for a patient and for which the facility receives compensation for holding the bed. [L 2012, c 156, pt of §2, §5; am L 2013, c 142, §§2(1), 3; am L 2014, c 124, §2; am L 2015, c 69, §2; am L 2016, c 59, §2; am L 2017, c 60, §5; am L 2019, c 163, §6; am L 2021, c 24, §7; am L 2023, c 109, §13]