§ 4171 Findings and purposes
§ 4172 Compacts authorized; definitions
§ 4173 Contents of compacts
§ 4174 Optional contents of compacts
§ 4175 Medical assistance
§ 4176 Federal participation

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Subtitle 3 > Part 4 > Chapter 1152-A - Adoption Assistance Compact

  • Adoption assistance state: means the State that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4172
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Copayment: means an amount an enrollee must pay in order to receive a specific service that is not fully prepaid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4202-A
  • Deductible: means the amount an enrollee is responsible to pay out of pocket before a health maintenance organization begins to pay the costs associated with treatment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4202-A
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Enrollee: means an individual who is enrolled in a health maintenance organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4202-A
  • Foreign jurisdiction: means a state other than this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 402
  • Foreign subpoena: means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 402
  • Health care services: means any services included in the furnishing of medical care, dental care or hospitalization to an individual, or any services incident to the furnishing of that care or hospitalization, as well as the furnishing of any other services to an individual to prevent, alleviate, cure or heal human illness or injury. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4202-A
  • health insurance: means insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insurance appertaining thereto, including provision for the mental and emotional welfare of human beings by defraying the costs of legal services only to the extent provided for in chapter 38. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 704
  • Health maintenance organization: means a public or private organization that is organized under the laws of the Federal Government, this State, another state or the District of Columbia or a component of such an organization, and that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4202-A
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 402
  • Provider: means a physician, hospital or person that is licensed or otherwise authorized in this State to furnish health care services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4202-A
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Residence state: means the State of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4172
  • State: means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4172
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 402
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena: means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 402
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.