Section 972.5 Of Article 4. Administration From California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 4.
972.5
. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may enter into an
agreement with the State Department of Health Services and the State
Department of Social Services for purposes of obtaining federal
matching funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs to contribute
toward the salaries and expenses of county veteran service officers
for their activities which are reasonably related to the programs of
the State Department of Health Services and the State Department of
Social Services which are benefited, or realize cost avoidance, as a
result of the services of those officers.
(b) At such time as the United States Department of Health and
Human Services makes available additional federal financial
participation, the State Department of Social Services may enter into
an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs for those
county veteran service officers' activities specified in subdivision
(a). Such an agreement shall have no adverse impact on the General
Fund.
(c) The sums obtained each fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be disbursed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to counties
for payment of salaries and expenses of county veteran service
officers. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall make the
disbursement to a county on a pro rata basis in accordance with the
actual workload of each county veteran service officer under a
formula based on performance to be developed by the Department of
Veterans Affairs for these purposes.