Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 1.8 > Chapter 3 - Alternative Payment Programs

• Alternative methodology: means a cost-based ratesetting method, including a cost estimation model, on which to base payment rates pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 98. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Alternative payment program: means a local government agency or nonprofit organization that has contracted with the department pursuant to Section 10225. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Attendance: means the number of children present at a childcare and development facility. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Children with exceptional needs: means either of the following:

  California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cost: includes , but is not limited to, expenditures that are related to the operation of childcare and development programs. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
• 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.
• 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.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Parent: means a biological parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, foster parent, caretaker relative, or any other adult living with a child who has responsibility for the care and welfare of the child. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Standard reimbursement rate: means that rate established by the department pursuant to Section 10280. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Support services: means those services that, when combined with childcare and development services, help promote the healthy physical, mental, social, and emotional growth of children. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5