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DocuSign Envelope ID: FC086FC9-5E8F-4ECC-8254-E864FB867443 <br />05G <br />Attachment A <br />General Terms and Conditions <br />DEFINITIONS individuals for Medicare and Medicaid patient <br />Unless indicated otherwise from the context, the <br />following terms shall have the following meanings in <br />this Contract. All definitions are from 9 NCAC <br />3M.0102 unless otherwise noted. If the rule or statute <br />that is the source of the definition is changed by the <br />adopting authority, the change shall be incorporated <br />herein. <br />(1) "Recipient" (as used in the context of the <br />definitions below) shall mean and include <br />every public office, public officer or official <br />(State or local, elected or appointed), <br />institution, board, commission, bureau, <br />council, department, authority or other unit of <br />government of the State or of any county, unit, <br />special district or other political subagency of <br />government. For other purposes in this <br />Contract, "Recipient" shall mean the entity <br />identified as one of the parties hereto. <br />(2) "Audit" means an examination of records or <br />financial accounts to verify their accuracy. <br />(3) "Certification of Compliance' means a report <br />provided by the Recipient to the Office of the <br />State Auditor that states that the Subrecipient <br />has met the reporting requirements established <br />by this Subchapter and included a statement of <br />certification by the Recipient and copies of the <br />submitted Subrecipient reporting package. <br />(4) "Compliance Supplement" refers to the North <br />Carolina State Compliance Supplement, <br />maintained by the State and Local <br />Government Finance Agency within the North <br />Carolina Department of State Treasurer that <br />has been developed in cooperation with <br />agencies to assist the local auditor in <br />identifying program compliance requirements <br />and audit procedures for testing those <br />requirements. <br />(5) "Contract" means a legal instrument that is <br />used to reflect a relationship between the <br />Recipient, Subrecipient, and subgrantee. <br />(6) "Fiscal Year" means the annual operating year <br />of the non -State entity. <br />(7) "Financial Assistance" means assistance that <br />non -State entities receive or administer in the <br />form of grants, loans, loan guarantees, <br />property (including donated surplus property), <br />cooperative agreements, interest subsidies, <br />insurance, food commodities, direct <br />appropriations, and other assistance. Financial <br />assistance does not include amounts received <br />as reimbursement for services rendered to <br />services. <br />(8) "Financial Statement" means a report <br />providing financial statistics relative to a given <br />part of an organization's operations or status. <br />(9) "Grant" means financial assistance provided <br />by a Recipient, Subrecipient, or subgrantee to <br />carry out activities whereby the grantor <br />anticipates no programmatic involvement with <br />the Subrecipient or subgrantee during the <br />performance of the grant. <br />(10) `'Subrecipient" has the meaning in NCGS <br />143C -6-23(a)(2): a non -State entity that <br />receives a grant of State funds from a State <br />agency, department, or institution but does not <br />include any non -State entity subject to the <br />audit and other reporting requirements of the <br />Local Government Commission. For other <br />purposes in this Contract, "Subrecipient" shall <br />mean the entity identified as one of the parties <br />hereto. <br />(11) "Grantor" means an entity that provides <br />resources, generally financial, to another entity <br />in order to achieve a specified goal or <br />objective. <br />(12) "Non -State Entity" has the meaning in NCGS <br />143C -1-1(d)(18): Any of the following that is <br />not a State agency: An individual, a firm, a <br />partnership, an association, a county, a <br />corporation, or any other organization acting <br />as a unit. The term includes a unit of local <br />government and public authority. <br />(13) "Public Authority" has the meaning in NCGS <br />143C -1-1(d)(22): A municipal corporation <br />that is not a unit of local government or a local <br />governmental authority, board, commission, <br />council, or agency that (i) is not a municipal <br />corporation and (ii) operates on an area, <br />regional, or multiunit basis, and the budgeting <br />and accounting systems of which are not fully <br />a part of the budgeting and accounting systems <br />of a unit of local government. <br />(14) "Single Audit" means an audit that includes an <br />examination of an organization's financial <br />statements, internal controls, and compliance <br />with the requirements of Federal or State <br />awards. <br />(15) "Special Appropriation" means a legislative act <br />authorizing the expenditure of a designated <br />amount of public funds for a specific purpose. <br />(16) "State Funds" means any funds appropriated <br />by the North Carolina General Assembly or <br />Page 5 of 16 <br />