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