A. If the director determines that federal and state monies appropriated for the program are insufficient, the administration shall immediately notify the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and may stop processing all new applications.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-2985

  • Administration: means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. See Arizona Laws 36-2981
  • 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
  • Director: means the director of the administration. See Arizona Laws 36-2981
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Program: means the children's health insurance program. See Arizona Laws 36-2981

B. The total amount of state monies that the administration may spend in any fiscal year for health care provided under this article shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173.

C. This article does not impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.

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