§ 5801 When action maintainable
§ 5802 Attachments 4 months preceding
§ 5803 Recovery of provable debts
§ 5804 Plea of discharge in bankruptcy

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 14 > Part 7 > Chapter 701 - Actions by or Against Bankrupts and Insolvents

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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.
  • Board: means the Board of Directors of the Maine Health Data Organization established pursuant to section 8703. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Clinical data: includes but is not limited to the data required to be submitted by providers and payors pursuant to sections 8708 and 8711. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuing care: means furnishing shelter for the life of the individual or for a period in excess of one year and either health care, supportive services, or both, under an agreement requiring prepayment as defined in subsection 12, whether or not the shelter and services are provided at the same location, to 3 or more older individuals not related by blood or marriage to the providers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • Entrance fee: means an initial payment of a sum of money or any other consideration that assures a subscriber a place in a facility for a term of years or for life. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Facility: means a physical plant in which continuing care is provided in accordance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • facility: means any of the places defined in section 8001, 8101, 8201 or 8301?A, subsection 1?A, paragraph B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7701
  • Financial data: includes but is not limited to financial information required to be submitted pursuant to section 8709. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • 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 care: means the provision of any one or more of the following services:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • Health care facility: means a public or private, proprietary or not-for-profit entity or institution providing health services, including, but not limited to, a radiological facility licensed under chapter 160, a health care facility licensed under chapter 405, an independent radiological service center, a federally qualified health center certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, a rural health clinic or rehabilitation agency certified or otherwise approved by the Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services within the Department of Health and Human Services, a home health care provider licensed under chapter 419, an assisted living facility or a residential care facility licensed under chapter 1663, a hospice provider licensed under chapter 1681, a state institution as defined under Title 34?B, chapter 1 and a mental health facility licensed under Title 34?B, chapter 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Organization: means the Maine Health Data Organization established under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Payor: means a 3rd-party payor, 3rd-party administrator, Medicare health plan sponsor, pharmacy benefits manager or nonlicensed carrier. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan sponsor: means any person, other than an insurer, who establishes or maintains a plan covering residents of this State, including, but not limited to, plans established or maintained by 2 or more employers or jointly by one or more employers and one or more employee organizations or the association, committee, joint board of trustees or other similar group of representatives of the parties that establish or maintain the plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Provider: means the owner of an institution, building, residence or other place, whether operated for profit or not, in which the owner undertakes to provide continuing care. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • Provider: means a health care facility, health care practitioner, health product manufacturer or health product vendor but does not include a retail pharmacy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Restructuring data: means reports, charts and information required to be submitted pursuant to section 8710. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8702
  • Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Insurance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.