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12 Comonam-d Ammo'-Final Page 10 of 19 5) Any overpayments identified by either the State or the Department will be adjusted out of the next month's claim for reimbursement by the DHHS Controller's Office. There is no provision to carry forward funds from one State Fiscal Year to another,therefore,any adjustment not included in the June(or earlier if grant period expires during the fiscal year)payment should be paid from local funds. If reported to the State as an adjustment,the payment will come from(and will therefore, reduce)the allocation for the next fiscal year. f. The Department shall submit requests for payment for services provided under 10A NCAC 45.A rules to the Claims Processing Unit,Purchase of Medical Care Services,DHHS Controller's Office. g. The Department shall submit requests for reimbursement for nurse training to the Public Health Nursing and Professional Development Unit. Form 3300—Public Health Nurse Training Activity must be used as the invoice for payment. 5. The Department shall maintain expenditures for maternal health,child health and family planning programs per General Statute 130A-4.1(a). The amount of expenditures shall be calculated by the State and provided to the Department as described in section G.22 of this document D. PERSONNEL POLICIES The Department shall adhere to and fully comply with State personnel policies as found in North Carolina General Statute,Chapter 126,and 1 NCAC 8. Such policies include,but are not limited to,the following: Equal employment opportunity, b. Affirmative action, Policies for local government employment subject to the State Personnel Act, d. "Local Classification and Salary Range," e. "Compensation Policy for Local Competitive Services Employees,"and f. "Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures. 2. Environmental Health Specialists employed by the Department shall be delegated authority by the State to administer and enforce State environmental health rules and laws as directed by the State pursuant to G.S. 130A-4(b). This delegation shall be done according to 15A NCAC 10.0100. a Local health departments are responsible for sending their newly employed environmental health specialists(interns)to centralized training within 180 days from date of employment. b. Arrangements for centralized training for newly-employed environmental health specialists will be handled by the Education and Training Staff,Division of Environmental Health. c. A local health department which is contracting with an environmental health specialist employed by another department shall be responsible for assuring that all original documents,correspondence,and other public records be maintained in the health department using the contractor and the contract shall stipulate that the contractor shall be available for consultation to the public being served. 3. The Department shall comply with Minimum Standard Health Department Staffing 10A NCAC Section 46 .0301(c),and shall assure that all nursing staff who provide public health services funded by this agreement comply with this rule.