§ 14124.12

(a) The department may enter into contracts for the purposes of undertaking administrative activities by the department’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services Division concerning Parts 431, 433, 438, 440, 457, and 495 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended May 6, 2016, as published in the Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 27498), and any associated federal policy guidance issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(b) Contracts entered into or amended pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 19130 of the Government Code, and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and shall be exempt from the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.

(c) Contracts entered into pursuant to this section shall be publicly available pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 733, Sec. 8. (SB 1477) Effective January 1, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)