Section 124586 - Semiannual prospective payments(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee under this chapter semiannual prospective payments, as specified in this section, during a 12-month fiscal year.(b) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act, and upon formal execution of the grant by the state and shall be contingent upon both of the following: (1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantee's timely and accurate submission, and the department's approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure report, and annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(c) Based upon the grantee's timely and accurate submission of the progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantee's second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantee's timely and accurate submission, and the department's approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(d) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following: (1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantee's timely and accurate submission, and the department's approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 124586
Added by Stats 2003 ch 596 (SB 377), s 1, eff. 1/1/2004.