Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 46-A - Fee-for-service Continuing Care Retirement Communities Demonstration Program

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• certificate of authority: shall mean an authorization in writing, approved by the council and issued by the commissioner, for an operator to operate a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community and to enter into fee-for-service continuing care contracts pertaining to such community. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Community: shall mean a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community established pursuant to this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Council: shall mean the continuing care retirement community council, established pursuant to section forty-six hundred two of this chapter. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Entrance fee: shall mean an initial or deferred transfer to an operator of a sum of money, made or promised to be made by a person or persons entering into a fee-for-service continuing care contract, for the purpose of ensuring services pursuant to such a contract. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Facility: shall mean any place in which an operator undertakes to provide a resident with the services of a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community, pursuant to a contract, whether such place is constructed, owned, leased, rented or otherwise contracted for by the operator. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Fee-for-service continuing care contract: shall mean a single continuing care retirement contract that provides long-term care and other services on a per diem, fee-for-service or other agreed upon rate. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Fee-for-service continuing care retirement community: shall mean a facility or facilities established pursuant to this article to provide a comprehensive, cohesive living arrangement for the elderly, oriented to the enhancement of the quality of life, pursuant to the terms of the fee-for-service continuing care contract on a fee-for-service schedule. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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}
• Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Living unit: shall mean an apartment, room, cottage or other area within a community set aside for the exclusive use of one or more residents. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Meal plan: shall mean an arrangement whereby the person entering into a fee-for-service continuing care contract is provided with no fewer than five meals per month. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Monthly care fee: shall mean the monthly cost to a resident for prepayment of any services, including rent, rendered pursuant to a contract, exclusive of entrance fees or other prepayments, and any other regular periodic charges to the resident, determined on a monthly basis, pursuant to the provisions of a contract. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• On-site: shall mean that, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the services specified in paragraph a of this subdivision be provided at the facility. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Operator: shall mean a legal entity operating a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community pursuant to a certificate of authority, as granted pursuant to section forty-six hundred fifty-six of this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Priority reservation agreement: shall mean a cancelable agreement between a prospective fee-for-service continuing care retirement community applicant, an applicant for a certificate of authority or an operator and a prospective resident, for the purpose of evaluating market demand for a proposed fee-for-service continuing care retirement community and for the purpose of guaranteeing to prospective residents an opportunity for priority placement in a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community, under which the prospective resident will pay a refundable priority reservation fee. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Priority reservation fee: shall mean the refundable sum of money paid by a prospective resident for deposit with the escrow agent for a prospective fee-for-service continuing care retirement community applicant, an applicant for a certificate of authority or an operator pursuant to a priority reservation agreement. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Resident: shall mean any person who, pursuant to a contract, is entitled to reside in and receive services from a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Social services: shall mean those services which may include, but are not limited to counseling, case management, and information and referral. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.