California Health and Safety Code 50826.1 – (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may adopt …
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may adopt guidelines to implement this chapter. Any guideline, rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The department shall convene a stakeholder process to inform the development of guidelines for the implementation of the program pursuant to this chapter no later than September 1, 2017. Until guidelines are adopted, the department shall administer the program pursuant to adopted regulations. Upon adoption of guidelines, previously adopted regulations are repealed. The repeal of previously adopted regulations pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(b) On or before June 30, 2018, and notwithstanding § 10231.5 of the Government Code, as part of the guidelines adoption process, the department shall analyze and report on its award process, contract management processes and policies, and fiscal processes for the federal State Community Development Block Grant Program, identifying efficiencies that can be implemented to improve the processing of applications, contract management and fiscal processes, and communications with local agencies. The department shall identify requirements previously adopted by the state that are in excess of the minimum requirements applicable to eligible activities under the federal Community Development Block Grant Program that, if eliminated, facilitate greater subscription of program funds and reduce state administrative workload. The department shall provide the results of that report to the Department of Finance and budget committees of both houses of the Legislature. Any subsequent amendments to the guidelines shall be reported to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 50826.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Program: means the State Community Development Block Grant Program created pursuant to federal law (42 U. See California Health and Safety Code 50826
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- subscription: includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriber's name. See California Health and Safety Code 18
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 96, Sec. 5. (SB 106) Effective July 21, 2017.)