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101300
. (a) (1) The board of supervisors of a county with a
population of less than 50,000 may enter into a contract with the
department and the department may enter into a contract with that
county to organize and operate a local public health service in that
county.
(2) The department may conduct the local public health service
either directly, or by contract with other agencies, or by some
combination of these methods as agreed upon by the department and the
board of supervisors of the county concerned.
(3) The board of supervisors may create a county board of public
health or similar local advisory group.
(b) Any county proposing to contract with the department pursuant
to this section in the 1992-93 fiscal year and each fiscal year
thereafter shall submit to the department a notice of intent to
contract adopted by the board of supervisors no later than March 1 of
the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the agreement
will be in effect in accordance with procedures established by the
department. A county may withdraw this notice no later than May 1 of
the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the agreement
will be in effect in accordance with procedures established by the
department. If a county fails to withdraw its notice by this date, it
shall be responsible for any and all necessary costs incurred by the
department in providing or preparing to provide public health
services in that county.
(c) A county contracting with the department pursuant to this
section shall not be relieved of its public health care obligation
under Section 101025.
(d) (1) Any county contracting with the department pursuant to
this section shall pay, by the 15th of each month, the agreed
contract amount.
(2) If a county does not make the agreed monthly payment, the
department may terminate the county's participation in the program.
(e) The counties and the department shall work collectively to
ensure that expenditures do not exceed the funds available for the
program in any fiscal year.
(f) The Legislature hereby determines that an expedited contract
process for contracts under this section is necessary. Contracts
under this section shall be exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(g) The state shall not incur any liability except as specified in
this section.