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§ 452. Operational Requirements of Participating Counties.

12 CA ADC § 452Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 12. Military and Veterans Affairs
Division 2. Department of Veterans Affairs
Chapter 3. Veterans' Services
Subchapter 4. County Subvention
12 CCR § 452
§ 452. Operational Requirements of Participating Counties.
(a) Each county that has established a County Veterans Service Office shall institute the organizational and administrative ability to carry out its obligations, including but not limited to the following:
(1) The establishment and maintenance of a data-reporting system that provides the information required on Department prescribed workload activity report forms.
(2) The maintenance of financial records and books of account fully disclosing the allocation and expenditure of county funds and the disposition of all offsetting revenues and reimbursements including Department funds allocated to the County Veterans Service Office function. Such records and books shall be maintained on an accrual or modified accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(3) A workload activity data collection system that provides documentation and justification for reported workload activities.
(b) Each county shall submit to the Department all required workload activity reports and within 30 days after the end of the reporting periods specified in the Department's Procedure Manual for Subvention and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance dated October 1, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
(c) Each county shall submit to the Department:
(1) The adopted/final current fiscal year budget for the County Veterans Service Office function, detailing all dedicated County Veterans Service Office costs and scheduled revenues and reimbursements within 30 days of adoption by the Board of Supervisors. Each county shall certify to the Department that the current fiscal year proposed expenditures exceeds the actual fiscal year 1988-89 expenditure by, at least, the full amount of the current annual allocation.
(2) A detailed report of the prior fiscal year's actual expenditures for the County Veterans Service Office function including all offsetting revenues and reimbursements by November 1 of each year. This report may be a locally prepared accounting or budget report that shows the actual expenditures for the prior year.
(3) Claim for Subvention Funds included in the Department's Procedure Manual for Subvention and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance, dated October 1, 2018, for the current fiscal year on which the county certifies its current fiscal year proposed expenditures by January 31 of each year.
(4) Subvention Certificate of Compliance included in the Department's Procedure Manual for Subvention and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance, dated October 1, 2018, for the current fiscal year by January 31 of each year.
(d) For the purpose of eligibility to participate in and receive payment of the full annual allocation of funds as specified in this chapter, each County Veterans Service Office shall:
(1) Provide services to veterans and dependents as required by Military and Veterans Code Sections 970 and 971.
(2) Ensure the County Veterans Service Officer obtains and maintains U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs accreditation to file claims on behalf of the California Department of Veterans Affairs by successfully passing the California Department of Veterans Affairs accreditation examination within 18 months of appointment by the county Board of Supervisors or the County Veterans Service Officer position becoming vacant, whichever occurs first.
(3) Ensure county veteran service representatives filing claims obtain and maintain U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs accreditation to file claims on behalf of the California Department of Veterans Affairs by successfully passing the California Department of Veterans Affairs accreditation examination within 18 months of hire.
(4) Adhere to all policies and requirements described in the Department's Procedure Manual for Subvention and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance, dated October 1, 2018.
(5) Provide metrics on County Veterans Service Office activities and outreach to the Department by September 1 of each fiscal year, as defined in the Department's Procedure Manual for Subvention and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance, dated October 1, 2018.
(e) For the purpose of eligibility to participate in the annual allocation of funds authorized pursuant to Military and Veterans Code Section 972.5, each county shall, as required by the Department, perform, document, and report activities that benefit, or realize cost avoidance to, the Medi-Cal program of the State Department of Health Services and welfare programs of the State Department of Social Services.
(f) Failure to comply with requirements described in the Military and Veterans Code Sections 971 and 972, and CCR Sections 450-455 may result in a delinquent county receiving a reduction in the annual allocation or the county's exclusion from the annual allocation process.

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Note: Authority cited: The Statutes of 1990, Chapter 535, Section 2; and Section 700, Military and Veterans Code. Reference: Sections 970, 972, 972.1 and 972.5, Military and Veterans Code.
History
1. Change without regulatory effect repealing section (Register 88, No. 6).
2. New section filed 6-18-92; operative 7-20-92 (Register 92, No. 25).
3. Amendment filed 8-31-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 36).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(1), (b), (c)(3)-(4), (d)(2) and (d)(4)-(5) filed 7-5-2018; operative 10-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 27).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 12, § 452, 12 CA ADC § 452
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