Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 395 > Part VI - Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals

• Agency: means the Agency for Health Care Administration. See Florida Statutes 395.901
• 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
• Behavioral health: means the prevention and treatment of, and recovery from, any substance use disorder, mental health disorder, or co-occurring disorder. See Florida Statutes 395.901
• Behavioral health professions: means licensed or certified professionals serving the needs of patients with behavioral health disorders, including, but not limited to, psychiatrists licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; psychologists licensed under chapter 490; psychiatric nurses licensed under chapter 464; and social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors licensed under chapter 491. See Florida Statutes 395.901
• Behavioral health teaching hospital: means a hospital licensed under this chapter and designated as a behavioral health teaching hospital by the agency under…. See Florida Statutes 395.901
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Children and Families. See Florida Statutes 395.901
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• General hospital: means any facility which meets the provisions of subsection (12) and which regularly makes its facilities and services available to the general population. See Florida Statutes 395.002
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• hospital: includes a medical office building located on the same premises as a hospital facility, provided the land on which the medical office building is constructed is zoned for use as a hospital; provided the premises were zoned for hospital purposes on January 1, 1992. See Florida Statutes 395.002
• 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.
• writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01