Long Term Care Facility
A “long-term care facility” is “a facility or part of
a facility that provides skilled nursing care, intermediate nursing
care, or intermediate developmental disability care to a total of two or
more individuals or that provides personal care” (50-5-101(35)(a),
Montana Code Annotated [MCA]).
For purposes of Certificate of Need (CON), the term "long-term care facility" does
not include residential care facilities, which include an “adult day-care
center, an adult foster care home, an assisted living facility, or a retirement
home” (50-5-101(50), MCA).
The term also does not include community homes for persons with developmental
disabilities; “community homes for persons with severe disabilities; youth
care facilities; hotels, motels, boardinghouses, roominghouses, or similar accommodations
providing for transients, students, or individuals who do not require institutional
health care; or juvenile and adult correctional facilities” (50-5-101(35)(b),
MCA).
The State Health Care Facilities Plan (SHCFP) contains two components pertaining
to long-term care facilities, the “nursing home services” component
and the “intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation
or developmental disabilities” component.
Page last updated: 05/31/2006
