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(C) does not include a rehabilitation agency or a facility primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases. (21) “subacute mental health facility” means a facility, or a part or unit of a facility, that has been designed to evaluate, stabilize, and treat, on a short-term, intensive, and recovery-oriented basis, and without the use of hospitalization, individuals experiencing an acute behavioral health crisis, including a crisis stabilization center and a crisis residential center; in this paragraph, (A) “crisis residential center” means a subacute mental health facility that has a maximum stay of seven days for an involuntary admission; (B) “crisis stabilization center” means a subacute mental health facility that has a maximum stay of 23 hours and 59 minutes. Chapter 33. Assisted Living Homes. Article 1. Scope; Services; Operations. Sec. 47.33.005. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to (1) contribute to the development of a system of care by encouraging the establishment of assisted living homes that provide a homelike environment for elderly persons and persons with a mental or physical disability who need assistance with the activities of daily living; (2) promote the establishment of homes that help (A) the elderly to age in place; and (B) adults with a physical or mental disability to become integrated into the community and to reach their highest level of functioning; (3) establish standards that will protect residents of assisted living homes, while at the same time promoting an environment that will encourage resident growth and independence, without discouraging the establishment and continued operation of those homes; (4) require that a resident of an assisted living home have an assisted living plan that identifies the services that will be used to meet the resident's reasonable wants and needs; and (5) provide a resident of an assisted living home, or the resident's representative, with the opportunity to participate to the fullest extent possible in the design and implementation of the resident's assisted living plan and in any decisions involving the resident's care. Sec. 47.33.010. Applicability. (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, this chapter applies to assisted living homes, as defined in AS 47.32.900. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, this chapter does not apply to (1) a correctional facility;