Terms Used In California Codes > Financial Code > Division 5 > Chapter 4 > Article 1 - General

• Alternative payment model: means a state or nationally recognized payment approach that financially incentivizes high-quality and cost-efficient care. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Board: means the Health Care Affordability Board established by Section 127501. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Exempted provider: means a provider that meets standards established by the board for exemption from either of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2

• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Health care entity: means a payer, provider, or a fully integrated delivery system. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Line of business: means the different individual, small, and large group business lines, as defined in Section 1348. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Material change: means any change in ownership, operations, or governance for a health care entity, involving a material amount of assets of a health care entity. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Financial Code 18
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Provider: means any of the following that delivers or furnishes health care services:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Total health care expenditures: means all health care spending in the state by public and private sources, including all of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2