2007 California Health and Safety Code Chapter 1. Legislative Intent And Policy

CA Codes (hsc:38000)

38000.  The Legislature states its intent with respect to direct
service contracts of the departments within the Health and Welfare
Agency as follows:
   (a) Contract approval process should take no longer than 30 days
from the time the administrative agency generating the contract has
approved its provisions.
   (b) Payment for services rendered shall take no longer than 30
days after an invoice has been approved by the responsible
department.
   (c) If contract approval or payment or both are delayed, the state
shall notify community based agencies within 15 days with
instructions to either defer or interrupt services to be contracted.
If the state requests an agency to continue providing services,
conditions shall be mutually agreed upon in advance for amortization
of particular additional costs to the agency involved.