Maine Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Subtitle 2 > Part 3 > Chapter 260-A – Settlement Funds
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- carrier: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Confidential investigative information: means any information that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204consumer: means any individual who resides or obtains insurance in this State and:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. 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. Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Health care: includes prescribing, dispensing, furnishing or providing to a patient drugs, biologicals, medical devices, health care equipment and supplies or hospice services and the banking of blood, sperm, organs or any other tissue. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204 Health care information: means information that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204Health care provider: means a health care practitioner or health care facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204 Insurance support organization: means any person, other than a regulated insurance entity, health care provider or governmental agency, who regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or collecting information for the primary purpose of providing the information to carriers, producers or agencies for insurance transactions, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204Insurance transaction: means any transaction that entails:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff. Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money. Personal information: includes but is not limited to an individual's name and address and health care information. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204 Policyholder: means any person who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204Regulated insurance entity: means any person or entity required to be licensed by the superintendent under this Title or Title 24, including without limitation a carrier, producer, producer agency or administrator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.