Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 28 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Classification of benefits: means the following classifications of benefits provided by a health plan:

  (a) Inpatient, in-network. See Arizona Laws 20-3501

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
• Health care insurer: means a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability insurer, health care services organization, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporation that issues a health plan in this state. See Arizona Laws 20-3501
• Health plan: means an individual health plan or accountable health plan that provides mental health services or mental health benefits, that finances or provides covered health care services, that is issued by a health care insurer in this state and that is subject to the mental health parity and addiction equity act. See Arizona Laws 20-3501
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Mental health parity and addiction equity act: means the mental health parity and addiction equity act of 2008 (42 United States Code § 300gg-26) and implementing regulations. See Arizona Laws 20-3501
• Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Product network type: means the network model associated with the type of health plan under which covered health care is delivered, such as a health care services organization, preferred provider network organization, point of service plan or indemnity plan. See Arizona Laws 20-3501
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215