Involving funds controlled by permanent laws Included are funds required to be paid to recipients that meet eligibility requirements established by existing law Budget authority for such funds is provided by: (1) law other than appropriations acts; (2) entitlement authority, and (3) the food stamp program Mandatory budget authority constitutes a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled Budget authority is not necessarily provided in advance, and thus subsequent enactment of appropriations is required unless the existing appropriation is permanent (See also Discretionary )
If a crime carries a mandatory punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case. the mandatory life sentence for murder. discretionary. if something is mandatory, the law says it must be done = compulsory, obligatory obligatory discretionary mandatory for
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Required without exception Shall and Must (in the rules) means the application is mandatory Failure to comply will lead to penalty, disadvantageous interpretation or other disadvantages 1 11
If an action or procedure is mandatory, people have to do it, because it is a rule or a (Hukuk) the mandatory retirement age of 65 Attendance is mandatory. = compulsory
- State participation in the Medicaid program is voluntary However, if a state elects to participate, as do all, the state must at a minimum offer coverage for certain services to certain populations These eligibility groups and services are referred to as "mandatory" in order to distinguish them from the eligibility groups and services that a state may, at its option, cover with federal Medicaid matching funds See Optional
- State participation in the Medicaid program is voluntary However, if a state elects to participate, as all have since 1982, the state must at a minimum offer coverage for certain services to certain populations These eligibility groups and services are referred to as "mandatory" to distinguish them from the eligibility groups and services that a state may, at its option, cover with federal Medicaid matching funds