California Health and Safety Code Section 130540

CA Health & Safety Code § 130540 (2017)  

(a) Contracts, contract amendments, change orders, change requests, and any project or systems development notices, entered into for purposes of this division, shall be subject to the same exemptions provided for in the Medi-Cal drug program and those provided to the department in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 124977. In addition, contracts, contract amendments, change orders, change requests, and any project or systems development notices, entered into for purposes of this division, are specifically exempt from:

(1) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

(2) The competitive bidding requirements of State Administrative Manual Management Memo 03-10.

(3) The project authority requirements of State Administrative Manual, Section 4800 et seq.

(4) Section 11.00 and Provision 6 of Item 4260-001-0001 of Section 2 of the Budget Act of 2006 and related Budget letters.

(b) Contracts with pharmacies and drug manufacturers may be entered into on a bid or nonbid basis.

(c) Change orders entered into pursuant to this division shall not require a contract amendment.

(d) To the extent that any exemption set forth in this section conflicts with exemptions set forth in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 124977, the exemption in this section shall govern over the conflicting provision in Section 124977.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 619, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Provisions operative and implemented on or after July 1, 2010, as prescribed in Section 130500. Conditionally inoperative on February 1, 2015. Repealed conditionally on January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 130500.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018