Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 11 > Chapter 15 - Ballot Card and Electronic Voting Systems; Additional Standards and Procedures for Approving System Changes

• affected agency: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 12-16-1-1

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• board: refers to the drug utilization review board created under this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-2
• broker: means a contractor of the office that administers the Medicaid fee-for-service nonemergency medical transportation program. See Indiana Code 12-15-30.5-1
• commission: refers to the nonemergency medical transportation commission established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-30.5-2
• committee: refers to the Medicaid clinical advisory committee established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-33.5-1
• compendia: means those resources widely accepted by the medical profession in the efficacious use of drugs, including the following sources:

  Indiana Code 12-15-35-3

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• counseling: means the activities conducted by a pharmacist to inform Medicaid recipients about the proper use of drugs as required by the board under this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-4
• covered entity: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 12-15-23.5-1
• covered medical services: refers to medical services that meet the following qualifications:

  Indiana Code 12-16-1-2

• covered outpatient drug: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 12-15-35-4.5
• criteria: means the predetermined and explicitly accepted elements that are used to measure drug use on an ongoing basis to determine if the use is appropriate, medically necessary, and not likely to result in adverse medical outcomes. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-5
• cross-indicated drug: means a drug that is used for a purpose generally held to be reasonable, appropriate, and within the community standards of practice even though the use is not included in the federal Food and Drug Administration's approved labeled indications for the drug. See Indiana Code 12-15-35.5-2
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• DUR: means the program designed to measure and assess on a retrospective and a prospective basis the proper use of outpatient drugs in the Medicaid program. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-8
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• fund: refers to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-20-1
• home health agency: means a public or private organization, whether owned or operated by one (1) or more persons, that furnishes or offers to furnish home health services. See Indiana Code 12-15-34-1
• home health services: means any of the following items or services furnished to an individual by a home health agency or by others under arrangements with a home health agency on a visiting basis, and except as provided in subsection (b), in a place of temporary or permanent residence used as the individual's home:

  Indiana Code 12-15-34-2

• hospital: has the meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-179(b). See Indiana Code 12-15-18-2
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• insurer: includes a pharmacy benefit manager. See Indiana Code 12-15-29-0.5
• intervention: means an action taken by the board with a prescriber or pharmacist to inform about or to influence prescribing or dispensing practices or utilization of drugs. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-9
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• long acting reversible contraceptive: includes intrauterine devices and birth control implants. See Indiana Code 12-15-47-1
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• nonemergency medical transportation: means medically necessary transportation to Medicaid covered services for an eligible Medicaid recipient who:

  Indiana Code 12-15-30.5-3

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• pharmacist: means an individual who is licensed as a pharmacist in Indiana under IC 25-26. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-11
• phase out period: refers to the following periods:

  Indiana Code 12-15-44.5-1

• physician: means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine in Indiana under Indiana Code 12-15-35-12
• plan: refers to the healthy Indiana plan established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-44.5-2
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• preventative care services: means care that is provided to an individual to prevent disease, diagnose disease, or promote good health. See Indiana Code 12-15-44.5-2.3
• private psychiatric institution: means an acute care inpatient facility licensed under IC 12-25, for the treatment of individuals with mental illness. See Indiana Code 12-15-18-3
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• prospective DUR: means the part of the drug utilization review program that:

  Indiana Code 12-15-35-13

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• retrospective DUR: means the part of the drug utilization review program that assesses or measures drug use based on an historical review of drug use data against predetermined and explicit criteria and standards that are developed on an ongoing basis with professional input. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-14
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• special skilled services: refers to medical and health services that are provided to a patient who is:

  Indiana Code 12-15-36-3

• standards: means the acceptable range of deviation from the criteria that reflects local medical practice and that is tested on the Medicaid recipient database. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-15
• SURS: refers to the surveillance utilization review system of the Medicaid program. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-16
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• therapeutic category: means a group of pharmacologic agents primarily characterized by a significant similarity of the biochemical or physiological mechanism by which these agents result in the intended clinical outcome. See Indiana Code 12-15-35-17.5
• trustees: refers to the trustees of Indiana University. See Indiana Code 12-15-18-3.5
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• unrestricted access: means the ability of a recipient to obtain a prescribed drug without being subject to limits or preferences imposed by the office or the board for the purpose of cost savings except as provided under section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-15-35.5-2.5
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• waste: means inappropriate:

  Indiana Code 12-15-35.5-2.6

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5