Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 15 > Chapter 67 - Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled -- Utilization Fee

• Agency: means an office, position, commission, committee, board, department, council, division, bureau, section, or any other entity or instrumentality of the executive department of state government. See Montana Code 2-8-102
• Calendar quarter: means the period of 3 consecutive months ending March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of revenue established in 2-15-1301. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• facility: means an intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled licensed pursuant to 50-5-238 or an intermediate care facility for the intellectually disabled that is in compliance with the federal standards provided in 42 CFR, part 483, subpart I, for medicaid conditions of participation. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• fee: means the fee required to be paid for each resident bed day in an intermediate care facility, as provided in 15-67-102. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Performance audit: means an examination of the effectiveness of administration and its efficiency and adequacy in terms of the program of a state agency authorized by law to be performed and the conformance of expenditures with legislative intent. See Montana Code 2-8-102
• Program: means any legislatively or administratively created function, project, or duty of an agency. See Montana Code 2-8-102
• Quarterly revenue: means all revenue received during a calendar quarter by a facility operating in Montana for providing for client care. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• Report: means the report of resident bed days required in 15-67-201. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• Resident: means an individual obtaining care in an intermediate care facility. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• Resident bed day: means each 24-hour period that a resident in an intermediate care facility is present in the facility and receiving care or in which a bed is held for a resident while the resident is on temporary leave from the facility. See Montana Code 15-67-101
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.