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functional, and medically appropriate operation of the facility, including medical equipment, utilities, generators, boilers, furnaces, heating systems, sprinkler systems, air conditioning systems, ventilation systems, security systems, walk-in refrigeration units, vaults, and other elevators;
(B) does not include optional design features, furnishings, or décor choices that do not add to the minimum necessary for the safe, functional, and medically appropriate operation of the facility;
(17) “expenditure” has the meaning given in AS 18.07.031;
(18) “furnishings” means furniture, wall covering, or floor covering;
(19) “health care facility”
(A) has the meaning given in AS 18.07.111;
(B) includes, whether owned or operated by a private person, the state, or a local government of the state,
(i)an acute care hospital;#
(i) an acute care hospital;
(ii)an ambulatory surgical center as defined in AS…#
(ii) an ambulatory surgical center as defined in AS 47.32.900;
(iii) a critical access hospital;
(iv) an independent diagnostic testing facility;
(v) an intermediate care facility;