Terms Used In California Codes > Public Contract Code > Division 2 > Part 2 > Chapter 2 > Article 12 - Minority Business Participation

• Awarding department: means any state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer of an entity empowered by law to enter into contracts on behalf of the State of California. See California Public Contract Code 10470
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: includes any agreement or joint development agreement to provide labor, services, materials, supplies, or equipment in the performance of a contract, franchise, concession, or lease granted, let, or awarded for and on behalf of the State of California. See California Public Contract Code 10470
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Department: means the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• Enrollee: means a person who is enrolled in a plan and who is a recipient of services from the plan. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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}
• licensed: refers to , a license as a plan pursuant to Section 1353. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Minority business enterprise: means a business concern which is all of the following:

  California Public Contract Code 10470

• Office: means the Office of Procurement in the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• plan: refers to health care service plans and specialized health care service plans. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Plan contract: means a contract between a plan and its subscribers or enrollees or a person contracting on their behalf pursuant to which health care services, including basic health care services, are furnished. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Provider: means any professional person, organization, health facility, or other person or institution licensed by the state to deliver or furnish health care services. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• specialized health care service plan: means either of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 1345

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Subscriber: means the person who is responsible for payment to a plan or whose employment or other status, except for family dependency, is the basis for eligibility for membership in the plan. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
• Women business enterprise: means a business concern which is all of the following:

  California Public Contract Code 10470