Arizona Laws 36-545.08. Arizona state hospital fund; purpose
A. The Arizona state hospital fund is established for the purposes prescribed in Section 36-545.01, subsection I. The department of health services shall administer the fund. The fund consists of the following:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-545.08
- 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
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- 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.
- State hospital: means the Arizona state hospital. See Arizona Laws 36-501
1. Monies reimbursed by the federal government under title XIX of the social security act for services provided at the state hospital.
2. Monies collected pursuant to section 36-3410 for services to clients at the state hospital.
3. Monies collected from counties for the cost of a defendant‘s inpatient competency restoration treatment.
B. The department shall deposit monies collected pursuant to subsection A of this section into three separate accounts.
C. Monies in the fund deposited under subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 3 of this section are subject to legislative appropriation and are designated for state hospital operations. Monies in the fund deposited under subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section are a continuing appropriation and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. Monies in the fund deposited under subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year revert to the state general fund. Monies in the fund deposited under subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.