Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 231E - Public Guardian Act

• 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
• Client: means an individual for whom a representative payee is appointed. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Commission: means the commission on aging. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Conservator: means conservator as defined in section 633. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• Court: means court as defined in section 633. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
• Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Director: means the director of health and human services. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• 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.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• 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.
• Guardian: means guardian as defined in section 633. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Incompetent: means incompetent as defined in section 633. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• Local office: means a local office of public guardian. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Local public guardian: means an individual under contract with the department to act as a guardian, conservator, or representative payee. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Probate: Proving a will
• Public guardian: means the state public guardian or a local public guardian. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Public guardianship services: means guardianship, conservatorship, or representative payee services provided by the state public guardian or a local public guardian. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Representative payee: means an individual appointed by a government entity to receive funds on behalf of a client pursuant to federal regulation. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• State agency: means any executive department, commission, board, institution, division, bureau, office, agency, or other executive entity of state government. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• State office: means the state office of public guardian. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• State public guardian: means the administrator of the state office of public guardian. See Iowa Code 231E.3
• Ward: means the individual for whom a guardianship or conservatorship is established. See Iowa Code 231E.3