California Health and Safety Code 38077.3 – (a) The department shall develop uniform cooperative agreement …
(a) The department shall develop uniform cooperative agreement formats containing standardized agreement language. Each uniform format shall be developed with the participation of the affected parties. The purpose of the uniform formats shall be to consolidate and simplify administrative and programmatic requirements, maintain systemwide consistency, develop procedures that promote ease of use by clients, streamline processes, eliminate unnecessary paperwork, and ensure fiscal accountability. Uniform formats shall be outcome oriented and conducive to the business and operational needs of all parties to the extent practical.
(b) For purposes of this section “standardized agreement language” means language that constitutes terms and conditions of performance necessitated by sound contract management and compliance practices, including, but not limited to, payment and invoicing systems and procedures, record management requirements, and programmatic reporting requirements. Excluded from this definition are scopes of work, line item budgets, funding related provisions, preprinted generic exhibits, and cancellation or amendment clauses.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 38077.3
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(c) The department may form working groups including representatives of all affected parties to implement this section.
(d) After finalization of uniform cooperative agreement formats, no unilateral change to standardized agreement language may be implemented without making the changes available for public comment. These changes include changes caused by programmatic decisions, control agency requirements, and administrative needs.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or delay changes necessitated by state or federal statute or regulations.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1033, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)