§ 32.1-332. Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Board" means the Board of Medical Assistance Services.
"Charity care" means hospital care for which no payment is received and which is provided to any person whose gross annual family income is equal to or less than 100 percent of the federal nonfarm poverty level as published for the then current year in the Code of Federal Regulations.
"The Fund" means the Virginia Indigent Health Care Trust Fund created by this chapter.
"Hospital" means any acute care hospital which is required to be licensed as a hospital pursuant to Chapter 5 (§ 32.1-123 et seq.) of this title.
"Panel" means the Technical Advisory Panel appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
"Pilot health care project" means any arrangement for purchasing or providing health care, including, but not limited to, any accident and sickness insurance, health services plan, or health care plan.
"Voluntary contributions or donations" means any money voluntarily contributed or donated to the fund by hospitals or other private or public sources, including local governments, for the purpose of subsidizing pilot health care projects for the uninsured.
(1989, cc. 635, 747; 1994, c. 466; 1995, c. 333.)
Sections: 32.1-332 32.1-333 32.1-334 32.1-335 32.1-336 32.1-337 32.1-338 32.1-339 32.1-340 32.1-341 32.1-342 NextLast modified: April 16, 2009