California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10436

WIC § 10436 Effective Jul 10, 2023Div. 9 · Part 1.8 · Ch. 26

Statute text

(a)The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater efficiencies may be achieved in the execution of state-subsidized childcare and development program contracts with public and private agencies by the timely approval of contract provisions by the Department of Finance, the Department of General Services, and the department, and by authorizing the department to establish a multiyear application, contract expenditure, and service review, as may be necessary, to provide timely service while preserving audit and oversight functions to protect the public welfare.

(b)(1) The Department of Finance and the Department of General Services shall approve or disapprove annual contract funding terms and conditions, including both family fee schedules and rate schedules that are required to be adhered to by contract, and contract face sheets submitted by the department not more than 30 working days from the date of submission, unless unresolved conflicts remain between the Department of Finance, the department, and the Department of General Services. The department shall resolve conflicts within an additional 30-working day time period. Contracts and funding terms and conditions shall be issued to childcare contractors no later than June 1. Applications for new childcare funding shall be issued not more than 45 working days after the effective date of authorized new allocations of childcare moneys.

(2)If the market rate survey is used to set reimbursement rates, and notwithstanding paragraph (1), the department shall implement the regional market rate schedules based upon the county aggregates, as specified in Section 10374.5 and the annual Budget Act.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 41, Sec. 20. (AB 116) Effective July 10, 2023.