Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VI - Mental Health/Intellectual Disability/Autism Manual › Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management › Chapter 4300 - COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY FISCAL MANUAL › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4300.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Act-
The Mental Health and Intellectual
						Disability Act of 1966 (50 P.S. §§
												4101-4704).
County-
A county or a first class
						city.
County authority-
The county official
						responsible for certain functions related to the administration of the county
						program. The responsibility and authority may be established by statute or the
						delegation of duties by the county commissioners, county executive, county
						councils or the city councils of first class cities, or two or more of these
						acting in concert.
County program-
A mental health and
						intellectual disability program established by a county, or two or more
						counties acting in concert. The term includes a program which contains a
						variety of services and provides a continuum of care in the community for
						individuals with a mental disability.
Department-
The Department of Human
						Services of the Commonwealth.
Direct costs-
Costs that can be
						identified and immediately charged to a specific cost or service
						category.
Expensing-
Payment for an item in full
						at the time of acquisition or within the fiscal period in which it was
						acquired.
Facility-
An establishment, hospital,
						clinic, institution, center, day care center or other organizational unit, or
						part thereof, which is devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of
						individuals with a mental disability.
Fixed assets-
Major items, excluding
						real estate, which can be expected to have a useful life of more than 1 year,
						or which can be used repeatedly without materially changing or impairing their
						physical condition by normal repair, maintenance or replacement of components
						with a purchase price of $500 or more.
Indirect costs-
Costs incurred for a
						common or joint purpose and not readily assignable to a specific cost or
						service category.
Joinder-
Two or more counties acting in
						concert to establish a county program.
Modified Classification Review (MCR)
-A
						personnel classification system whereby the county authority has the authority
						to crosswalk positions in contracted agencies into a structure of categorical
						position definitions developed by the Department.
Mortgaged real estate
-A conveyance of
						real property subject to certain financial conditions or obligations which are
						satisfied by payment according to stipulated terms. The conveyance of real
						property through bonded indebtedness shall be considered as mortgaged real
						estate.
New program
-A program initiated and
						approved by the Department that is not a mandated service identified in section
						301 of the act (50 P.S. §
												4301).
Personnel Action Plan (PAP)
-A personnel
						classification system whereby the county authority has the authority to
						crosswalk positions in contracted agencies into a structure of categorical
						positions developed by the county within a broad structure developed by the
						Department.
Prevailing county practice for agencies funded by
						multiple counties
-Policies agreed upon by the involved county
						programs, when two or more county programs fund an agency.
Prevailing county practice for
						joinders
-A policy agreed upon by the counties in the joinder.
Related party
-A party who meets the
						tests of common ownership or control.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
						Department.
The provisions of this §
													4300.4 amended under sections
						  201(2) and (8) and 202 of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of
						  1966 (50 P.S. §§
														4201(2) and
						  (8) and
						  4202).