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UNOFFICIAL 1700.1-32 even though the individual subsequently dies, is discharged, or is transferred to another facility and does not actually stay in the institution for 24 hours. “Inpatient acute care” means inpatient acute care as defined by a nationally accepted severity and intensity standards (for example: interqual severity and intensity screening standards) provided in a hospital. “INS” means the United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. “Institution for intellectual disability” means an institution (or distinct part of an institution) that: (1) Is primarily for the diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of individuals with intellectual disability or related conditions, and (2) Provides, in a protected residential setting, ongoing evaluation, planning, twenty-four hour supervision, coordination, and integration of health or rehabilitative services to help individuals function at their greatest ability. “Institution for mental diseases” means a hospital, nursing facility, or other institution of more than 16 beds that is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment or care of individuals with mental diseases, including medical attention, nursing care and related services. Whether an institution is an institution for mental diseases is determined by its overall character as that of a facility established and maintained primarily for the care and treatment of individuals with mental diseases, whether or not it is licensed as such. An institution for the intellectually disabled is not an institution for mental diseases. “Institution for tuberculosis” means an institution that is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment, or care of individuals with tuberculosis, including medical attention, nursing care, and related services. Whether an institution is