Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 34 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Director: means the director of the administration. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• 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.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• 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.
• 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
• 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