Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 3 > Chapter 7 > Article 4.5 - Development and Implementation of Long-Term Care Integration Pilot Projects

• 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
• Board: means board of supervisors of the county in which the district or proposed district is situated. See California Streets and Highways Code 8101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14062
• District: means separation of grade district. See California Streets and Highways Code 8101
• 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.
• 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.