Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 53 > Chapter 6 > Part 10 - Prescription Drug Plus Discount Program

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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 the department of public health and human services provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 22. See Montana Code 53-6-1001
• Discounted price: means a price set by the department by rule pursuant to 53-6-1002. See Montana Code 53-6-1001
• Manufacturer: means a manufacturer of prescription drugs and includes a subsidiary or affiliate of a manufacturer. See Montana Code 53-6-1001
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Program: means the prescription drug plus discount program provided for in 53-6-1002. See Montana Code 53-6-1001
• Secondary discounted price: means the discounted price less any further discounts funded by manufacturer rebates for medication purchased by participants in the program. See Montana Code 53-6-1001
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201