Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 40-8.8 - Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

• 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.
• 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
• Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
• 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.
• 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.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly: shall mean a program of services coordinated for the eligible population by an organization approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services for these purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 40-8.8-4
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8