intermediate care facility

an institution which (1) is licensed under State law to provide, on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care and treatment which a hospital or skilled nursing facility is designed to provide, but who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services (above the level of room and board) which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities.

Defined by the Supreme Court in Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. M Heckler, 471 U.S. 524 (1985).