The effort to cleave California faces its own split. Mark Z. Barabak. At least four proposals are floating about to reshape the state in some fashion. All work at cross-purposes, and the result is varied degrees of hostility among proponents; none of the plans seems likely to reach fruition anytime soon, if ever.
intermediate care facility (ICF) a health related facility designed to provide custodial care for individuals unable to care for themselves because of mental or physical infirmity; not considered by the government to be a medical facility, it can receive no reimbursement under Medicare, generally receiving the bulk of its financing under Medicaid.
DEFINITION of 'International Banking Facility-IBF'. A facility that allows depository institutions in the United States to offer deposit and loan services to foreign residents and institutions, while being exempted from reserve requirements imposed by the Federal Reserve and some state and local income taxes.hile banks are permitted to conduct IBF activities from their existing offices, they are required to maintain separate books for their IBF business. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors approved the establishment of IBFs in the early 1980s.