Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 107 > Part 2 > Chapter 2.6 > Article 4 - Quality and Equity Performance

• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• 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
• Payer: means private and public health care payers, including all of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2

• Provider: means any of the following that delivers or furnishes health care services:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23