Terms Used In Maryland Code > HEALTH - GENERAL > Title 16 > Subtitle 2 - General Provisions

• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
• 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.
• including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
• Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. 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
• state: means :
  
  (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
  
  (2) the District of Columbia. See