                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 38.2-4918)

As used in this article and Article 3 (§ 38.2-4924 et seq.):
		&#8220;Community-based continuing care&#8221; or &#8220;CBCC&#8221; means a
program providing or committing to provide a range of services, including
long-term care services, to an individual, other than an individual related by
blood or marriage, (i) pursuant to an agreement, including mutually terminable
contracts, effective for the life of the individual or for a period in excess of
one year; and (ii) in consideration of the payment of an entrance fee.
&#8220;Community-based continuing care&#8221; or &#8220;CBCC&#8221; also means
the provision of the enumerated services in the individual&#8217;s private
residence as long as medically feasible and the provision of facility-based
long-term care services when required, either directly or indirectly through
affiliated services or through contractual arrangements.
		&#8220;Community-based continuing care entrance fee&#8221; or &#8220;CBCC
entrance fee&#8221; means an initial or deferred transfer to a CBCC provider of
a sum of money or other property made or promised to be made in advance or at
some future time as full or partial consideration for acceptance of a specified
individual as a participant. A fee that in the aggregate is less than the sum of
the regular periodic charges for one year of participation shall not be
considered to be an entrance fee except as provided in § 38.2-4922.
		&#8220;Community-based continuing care provider&#8221; or &#8220;CBCC
provider&#8221; means any person, corporation, partnership, or other entity that
provides or offers to provide community-based continuing care and that has
operated a Continuing Care Retirement Community facility for a minimum of three
years.
		&#8220;Continuing Care Retirement Community facility&#8221; or &#8220;CCRC
facility&#8221; means a facility, as defined in § 38.2-4900, that is registered
with the Commission pursuant to § 38.2-4901.
		&#8220;Participant&#8221; means an individual who has entered into a
community-based continuing care contract.
		&#8220;Range of services&#8221; means, without limitation, coordinated in-home
care management, wellness programs, health assessments, health information and
referral, home safety evaluation, homemaker services, assistance with activities
of daily living, personal emergency response systems, chronic disease
management, professional nursing services, services provided by a home care
organization as defined in § 32.1-162.7, facility-based assisted living care
provided pursuant to Article 1 (§ 63.2-1800 et seq.) of Chapter 18 of Title
63.2, and care in a certified nursing facility as defined in § 32.1-123.
		&#8220;Solicit&#8221; means all actions of a CBCC provider or his agent in
seeking to have individuals enter into a community-based continuing care
contract by any means such as, but not limited to, personal, telephone, or mail
communication or other communication directed to and received by any individual,
and any advertisements in any media distributed or communicated by any means to
individuals.

HISTORY: 2012, cc. 208, 303.