Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 34 > Article 3 - Comprehensive Behavioral Health Service System for Children

• Administration: means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. See Arizona Laws 36-3401
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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