Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 34 - Behavioral Health Services

• Administration: means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• Advisory council: means the Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• 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
• Articles of incorporation: means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of merger and all amendments to the articles of incorporation or merger and includes amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of amendment and merger. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Children: means persons who are under the age of nineteen years or persons who are under the age of twenty-two years and enrolled in an educational facility. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• Clean claim: means a claim that can be processed without obtaining additional information from the service provider or from a third party. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• Commission: means the Arizona corporation commission. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Delivery: means actual receipt by the person or entity to which directed and for electronic transmissions means receipt as described in section 44-7015, subsection B. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Director: means the director of the administration. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• 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.
• Filing: means the commission completing the following procedure with respect to any document delivered for that purpose:

  (a) Determining that the filing fee requirements of section 10-122 have been satisfied. See Arizona Laws 10-140

• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Regional behavioral health authority: means an organization under contract with the administration to coordinate the delivery of mental health services in a geographically specific service area of the state for eligible persons. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• Service provider: means an organization or mental health professional that meets the criteria established by the administration and has a contract with the administration or a regional behavioral health authority. See Arizona Laws 36-3401