Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 110 ILCS 610 - Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities Revenue Bond Act

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: means any of the procedures that deal with the review of adverse organization determinations on the health care services the enrollee believes he or she is entitled to receive, including delay in providing, arranging for, or approving the health care services, such that a delay would adversely affect the health of the enrollee or on any amounts the enrollee must pay for a service, as defined under 42 C. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Base year: means the 12-month period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Demonstration Project: means the nursing home component of the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Demonstration Project. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Department: means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Department: means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• Department: means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5G-5
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Enrollee: means an individual who resides in a nursing home or is qualified to be admitted to a nursing home and is enrolled with a managed care organization participating in the Demonstration Project. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• federal poverty level: means the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/9A-2a
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fund: means the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• Fund: means the Supportive Living Facility Fund. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5G-5
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• 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.
• Health care services: means the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and includes medication, primary care, nursing or medical care, mental health treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, memory loss services, physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation, enhanced care, medical supplies and equipment and the repair of such equipment, and assistance with activities of daily living. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Hospital provider: means a person licensed by the Department of Public Health to conduct, operate, or maintain a hospital. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5E-5
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Managed care organization: means an entity operating under a certificate of authority issued pursuant to the Health Maintenance Organization Act or as a Managed Care Community Network pursuant to Section 5-11 of this Code. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• MCO: means an entity that meets the definition of health maintenance organization as defined in the Health Maintenance Organization Act, is licensed, regulated and in good standing with the Department of Insurance, and is authorized to participate in the nursing home component of the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Demonstration Project by a 3-way contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Medicaid managed care organization: means a managed care organization under contract with the Department to provide services to recipients of benefits in the medical assistance program pursuant to Article V of this Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, or the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• Medical professional: means a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Medically necessary: means health care services that a medical professional, exercising prudent clinical judgment, would provide to a patient for the purpose of preventing, evaluating, diagnosing, or treating an illness, injury, or disease or its symptoms, and that are: (i) in accordance with the generally accepted standards of medical practice; (ii) clinically appropriate, in terms of type, frequency, extent, site, and duration, and considered effective for the patient's illness, injury, or disease; and (iii) not primarily for the convenience of the patient, a medical professional, other health care provider, caregiver, family member, or other interested party. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Medicare: means the federal Medicare program established under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• Member months: means the aggregate total number of months all individuals are enrolled for coverage in a Managed Care Organization during the base year. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5H-1
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Nurse practitioner: means an individual properly licensed as a nurse practitioner under the Nurse Practice Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Nursing home: means (i) a skilled nursing or intermediate long-term care facility, whether public or private and whether organized for profit or not-for-profit, that is subject to licensure by the Illinois Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, including a county nursing home directed and maintained under § 5-1005 of the Counties Code, and (ii) a part of a hospital in which skilled or intermediate long-term care services within the meaning of Title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act are provided; except that the term "nursing home" does not include a facility operated solely as an intermediate care facility for the intellectually disabled within the meaning of Title XIX of the Social Security Act or a specialized mental health rehabilitation facility. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5E-5
• Nursing home: means a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Nursing home provider: means (i) a person licensed by the Department of Public Health to operate and maintain a skilled nursing or intermediate long-term care facility which charges its residents, a third party payor, Medicaid, or Medicare for skilled nursing or intermediate long-term care services, or (ii) a hospital provider that provides skilled or intermediate long-term care services within the meaning of Title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5E-5
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: means any political subdivision of the State, municipal corporation, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock association, or trust, or a receiver, executor, trustee, guardian, or other representative appointed by order of any court. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5E-5
• Physician: means an individual licensed to practice in all branches of medicine under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Physician assistant: means an individual properly licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• RAI Manual: means the most recent Resident Assessment Instrument Manual, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• recipient: means only those persons receiving aid under Article IV. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/9A-2
• Resident: means an enrollee who is receiving personal or medical care, including, but not limited to, mental health treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation, and assistance with activities of daily living, from a nursing home. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5F-15
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Supportive living facility: means an enrolled supportive living site as described under Section 5-5. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5G-5
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.