(a) The department shall estimate the costs for county administration of human services programs using county-specific cost factors in the programs’ budgeting methodology.
(b) County-specific cost factors shall be estimated using a county survey process that requires county certification of reasonable costs, and review by the department to determine that those costs are reasonable and necessary to meet program requirements and objectives.
(c) No later than November 1, 2006, the department, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, shall develop the survey instrument and process to incorporate actual reasonable county cost factors to administer human services programs. The survey shall include, but shall not be limited to, salaries and benefits, operating support, electronic data processing, staff development, and other costs reasonable and necessary to meet program requirements and objectives. The process shall include an assessment of how state requirements and county operational practices affect the costs of county administration of human services programs.
(d) Commencing with the May Revision of the 2007–08 budget, and annually thereafter, the department shall identify in its budget documents the estimates developed pursuant to this section and the difference between these estimates and the proposed funding levels.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 75, Sec. 27.1. Effective July 12, 2006.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018