As used in this subchapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Continuity of care payment" means an annual payment made to qualifying hospital based residential treatment facilities according to the eligibility criteria and payment calculation methodology in ARM 37.88.1137.

(2) "Devoted to the provision of inpatient psychiatric care for persons under the age of 21" means an inpatient psychiatric hospital facility or residential treatment facility whose goals, purpose and care are designed for and devoted exclusively to persons under the age of 21.

(3) "Hospital based residential psychiatric care" means residential psychiatric care that is provided in a hospital based residential treatment facility.

(4) "Hospital based residential treatment facility" means a residential treatment facility that meets the requirements of ARM 37.88.1131.

(5) "Inpatient hospital psychiatric care" means hospital based active psychiatric treatment provided under the direction of a physician.

(6) "Inpatient psychiatric hospital facility" means a psychiatric facility devoted to the provision of inpatient psychiatric care for persons under the age of 21 licensed as a hospital by:

(a) the department; or

(b) an equivalent agency in the state in which the facility is located.

(7) "Inpatient psychiatric services" means inpatient hospital psychiatric care, residential psychiatric care, or hospital based residential psychiatric care.

(8) "Patient day" means a whole 24-hour period in which a person is present and receiving inpatient psychiatric services. Even though a person may not be present for a whole 24-hour period, the day of admission and, subject to the limitations and requirements of ARM 37.88.1106, therapeutic home leave days are patient days. The day of discharge is not a patient day for purposes of reimbursement.

(9) "Residential psychiatric care" means active psychiatric treatment provided in a residential treatment facility to psychiatrically impaired individuals with persistent patterns of emotional, psychological or behavioral dysfunction of such severity as to require 24-hour supervised care to adequately treat or remediate their condition.

(10) "Residential treatment facility" means a psychiatric facility devoted to the provision of inpatient psychiatric care for persons under the age of 21 licensed by:

(a) the department as a residential treatment facility; or

(b) the appropriate agency as a residential treatment facility or the equivalent in the state where the facility is located.