|
BK:00025 PG:0091
<br />Attachment A
<br />General Terms and Conditions
<br />Page 5 of 15
<br />DEFINITIONS
<br />individuals for Medicare and Medicaid patient
<br />Unless
<br />indicated otherwise from the context, the
<br />services.
<br />following terms shall have the following meanings in
<br />(8)
<br />"Financial Statement" means a report
<br />this Contract.
<br />All definitions are from 9 NCAC
<br />providing financial statistics relative to a given
<br />3M.0102 unless otherwise noted. If the rule or statute
<br />part of an organization's operations or status.
<br />that is the
<br />source of the definition is changed by the
<br />(9)
<br />"Grant" means financial assistance provided
<br />adopting
<br />authority, the change shall be incorporated
<br />by an agency, grantee, or subgrantee to carry
<br />herein.
<br />out activities whereby the grantor anticipates
<br />(1)
<br />"Agency' (as used in the context of the
<br />no programmatic involvement with the grantee
<br />definitions below) shall mean and include
<br />or subgrantee during the performance of the
<br />every public office, public officer or official
<br />grant.
<br />(State or local, elected or appointed),
<br />(10)
<br />"Grantee" has the meaning in NCGS 143C -6-
<br />institution, board, commission, bureau,
<br />23(a)(2): a non -State entity that receives a
<br />council, department, authority or other unit of
<br />grant of State funds from a State agency,
<br />govertunent of the State or of any county, unit,
<br />department, or institution but does not include
<br />special district or other political subagency of
<br />any non -State entity subject to the audit and
<br />government. For other purposes in this
<br />other reporting requirements of the Local
<br />Contract, "Agency shall mean the entity
<br />Government Commission. For other purposes
<br />identified as one of the parties hereto.
<br />in this Contract, "Grantee" shall mean the
<br />(2)
<br />"Audit' means an examination of records or
<br />entity identified as one of the parties hereto.
<br />financial accounts to verify their accuracy.
<br />(1 1)
<br />"Grantor" means an entity that provides
<br />(3)
<br />"Certification of Compliance" means a report
<br />resources, generally financial, to another entity
<br />provided by the Agency to the Office of the
<br />in order to achieve a specified goal or
<br />State Auditor that states that the Grantee has
<br />objective.
<br />met the reporting requirements established by
<br />(12)
<br />"Non -State Entity" has the meaning in NCGS
<br />this Subchapter and included a statement of
<br />143C- 1- 1(d)(18): Any of the following that is
<br />certification by the Agency and copies of the
<br />not a State agency: An individual, a firm, a
<br />submitted grantee reporting package.
<br />partnership, an association, a county, a
<br />(4)
<br />"Compliance Supplement" refers to the North
<br />corporation, or any other organization acting
<br />Carolina State Compliance Supplement,
<br />as a unit. The term includes a unit of local
<br />maintained by the State and Local
<br />government and public authority.
<br />Government Finance Agency within the North
<br />(13)
<br />"Public Authority" has the meaning in NCGS
<br />Carolina Department of State Treasurer that
<br />143C- 1- 1(d)(22): A municipal corporation
<br />has been developed in cooperation with
<br />that is not a unit of local government or a local
<br />agencies to assist the local auditor in
<br />governmental authority, board, commission,
<br />identifying program compliance requirements
<br />council, or agency that (i) is not a municipal
<br />and audit procedures for testing those
<br />corporation and (ii) operates on an area,
<br />requirements.
<br />regional, or multiunit basis, and the budgeting
<br />(5)
<br />"Contract" means a legal instrument that is
<br />and accounting systems of which are not fully
<br />used to reflect a relationship between the
<br />a part of the budgeting and accounting systems
<br />agency, grantee, and subgrantee.
<br />of a unit of local government.
<br />(6)
<br />"Fiscal Year" means the annual operating year
<br />(14)
<br />"Single Audit" means an audit that includes an
<br />of the non -State entity.
<br />examination of an organization's financial
<br />(7)
<br />"Financial Assistance" means assistance that
<br />statements, internal controls, and compliance
<br />non -State entities receive or administer in the
<br />with the requirements of Federal or State
<br />form of grants, loans, loan guarantees,
<br />awards.
<br />property (including donated surplus property),
<br />(15)
<br />"Special Appropriation' means a legislative act
<br />cooperative agreements, interest subsidies,
<br />authorizing the expenditure of a designated
<br />insurance, food commodities, direct
<br />amount of public funds for a specific purpose.
<br />appropriations, and other assistance. Financial
<br />(16)
<br />"State Funds" means any funds appropriated
<br />assistance does not include amounts received
<br />by the North Carolina General Assembly or
<br />as reimbursement for services rendered to
<br />collected by the State of North Carolina. State
<br />Page 5 of 15
<br />
|