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Consolidated Agreement-FYi2 Page 10 Of 19 <br />5) Any overpayments identified by either the State or the Department will be adjusted out of the <br />next month's claim for reimbursement by the DHHS Controller's Office. There is no provision <br />to carry forward funds from one State Fiscal Year to another; therefore, any adjustment not <br />included in the June (or earlier if grant period expires during the fiscal year) payment should be <br />paid from local funds. If reported to the State as an adjustment, the payment will come from <br />(and will therefore, reduce) the allocation for the next fiscal year. <br />f. The Department shall submit requests for payment for services provided under l0A NCAC 45.A <br />rules to the Claims Processing Unit, Purchase of Medical Care Services, DHHS Controller's Office. <br />g. The Department shall submit requests for reimbursement for nurse training to the Public Health <br />Nursing and Professional Development Unit. Form 3300 -Public Health Nurse Training Activity <br />must be used as the invoice for payment. <br />5. The Department shall maintain expenditures for maternal health, child health and family planning <br />programs per General Statute 130A-4.1(a). The amount of expenditures shall be calculated by the State <br />and provided to the Department as described in section G.21 of this document. <br />D. PERSONNEL POLICIES <br />1. The Department shall adhere to and fully comply with State personnel policies as found in North <br />Carolina General Statute, Chapter 126, and 1 NCAC 8. Such policies include, but are not limited to, <br />the following: <br />a. Equal employment opportunity, <br />b. Affirmative action, <br />c. Policies for local government employment subject to the State Personnel Act, <br />d. "Local Classification and Salary Range," <br />e. "Compensation Policy for Local Competitive Services Employees," and <br />f. "Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures. " <br />2. Environmental Health Specialists employed by the Department shall be delegated authority by the State <br />to administer and enforce State environmental health rules and laws as directed by the State pursuant to <br />G.S. 130A-4(b). This delegation shall be done according to 15A NCAC 10.0100. <br />a. Local health departments are responsible for sending their newly employed environmental health <br />specialists (interns) to centralized training within 180 days from date of employment. <br />b. Arrangements for centralized training for newly-employed environmental health specialists will be <br />handled by the Education and Training Staff, Division of Environmental Health. <br />c. A local health department which is contracting with an environmental health specialist employed by <br />another department shall be responsible for assuring that all original documents, correspondence, <br />and other public records to maintained in the health department using the contractor and the <br />contract shall stipulate that the contractor shall be available for consultation to the public being <br />served. <br />3. The Department shall comply with Minimum Standard Health Department Staffmg l0A NCAC Section <br />46 .0301(c), and shall assure that all nursing staff who provide public health services funded by this <br />agreement comply with this rule. <br />E. CONFIDENTIALITY <br />