§16-29E-3. Definitions.

As used in this article:

"Agency" means those various agencies, authorities, boards, committees, and commissions with authority to regulate health care providers, practitioners, or consumers; or those offering social services programs within the departments;

"Commission" means the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability;

"Departments" collectively means the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health Facilities, the Office of the Inspector General, and all of their bureaus, offices, and programs;

"Outcome measures" means an assessment of the results of a program activity compared to its intended goal and purpose and this goal shall be compared to a state and national rate;

"Output measure" means the tabulation, calculation, or recording of activity or effort and can be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative manner;

"Performance goal" means a target level of performance expressed as a tangible, measurable objective, against which achievement shall be compared, including a goal expressed as a quantitative standard, value, or rate;

"Performance indicator" means a particular value or characteristic used to measure output or outcome;

"Program activity" means a specific activity related to the mission of the departments; and

"Program evaluation" means an assessment, through objective and systemic analysis, of the manner to which the departments achieved intended objectives.