In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
- 1. "Administration" means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration.
- 2. "Advisory council" means the Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill.
- 3. "Children" means persons who are under the age of nineteen years or persons who are under the age of twenty-two years and enrolled in an educational facility.
- 4. "Clean claim" means a claim that can be processed without obtaining additional information from the service provider or from a third party. Clean claim does not include claims under investigation for fraud or abuse or claims under review for medical necessity.
- 5. "Director" means the director of the administration.
- 6. "Regional behavioral health authority" means an organization under contract with the administration to coordinate the delivery of mental health services in a geographically specific service area of the state for eligible persons.
- 7. "Service provider" means an organization or mental health professional that meets the criteria established by the administration and has a contract with the administration or a regional behavioral health authority.