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- 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.
- Ancillary services: means services ancillary to the basic services provided to an individual in need of in-home care who needs one or more of the basic services, and include the following:
(1) Homemaker-type services, including but not limited to, shopping, laundry, cleaning and seasonal chores;
(2) companion-type services including but not limited to, transportation, letter writing, reading mail and escort; and
(3) assistance with cognitive tasks including, but not limited to, managing finances, planning activities and making decisions. See Kansas Statutes 65-6201
- 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
- Attendant care services: means those basic and ancillary services which enable an individual in need of in-home care to live in the individual's home and community rather than in an institution and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care and mobility. See Kansas Statutes 65-6201
- Basic services: shall include , but not be limited to:
(1) Getting in and out of bed, wheelchair or motor vehicle, or both;
(2) assistance with routine bodily functions including, but not limited to:
(A) Health maintenance activities;
(B) bathing and personal hygiene;
(C) dressing and grooming; and
(D) feeding, including preparation and cleanup. See Kansas Statutes 65-6201
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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.
- Health maintenance activities: include , but are not limited to, catheter irrigation; administration of medications, enemas and suppositories; and wound care, if such activities in the opinion of the attending physician or licensed professional nurse may be performed by the individual if the individual were physically capable, and the procedure may be safely performed in the home. See Kansas Statutes 65-6201
- Individual in need of in-home care: means any functionally disabled individual in need of attendant care services because of impairment who requires assistance to complete functions of daily living, self-care and mobility, including, but not limited to, those functions included in the definition of attendant care services. See Kansas Statutes 65-6201
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Mandatory spending: Spending (budget authority and outlays) controlled by laws other than annual appropriations acts.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery. See Kansas Statutes 65-6201
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.