Terms Used In Maryland Code > HEALTH - GENERAL > Title 16 - Reimbursements and Collections

• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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
• Chargeable person: means :
  
  (1) Any responsible relative;
  
  (2) Except for a recipient of services, any other person who is legally responsible for the care of the individual; and
  
  (3) Any person who maintains a policy of health insurance under which a recipient of services is insured. See
• Cost of care: includes the cost of:
  
  (i) An evaluation of an individual required under the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Law; and
  
  (ii) Any juvenile screening or treatment service provided to an individual under § 9-227(b)(1)(ii) of the Human Services Article. See
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
• Recipient of services: includes :
  
  (i) An individual in a public facility under the Maryland Mental Health Law;
  
  (ii) An individual in a facility for an evaluation required under the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Law;
  
  (iii) An individual in a residential, public facility or a facility from which this State obtains residential care under the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Law;
  
  (iv) An individual to whom juvenile screening or treatment services are provided under § 9-227(b)(1)(ii) of the Human Services Article; and
  
  (v) An individual in a private therapeutic group home from which this State obtains residential care under the Maryland Mental Health Law. See
• Responsible relative: means :
  
  (1) The spouse of a recipient of services; and
  
  (2) The parents of a recipient of services who is a minor. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.