1999 S 1999-2000 Contract Between N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and Orange County Health Department

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H:\WP61\CONTRACT\CONSOLI D\99-OOCC.FRM Page 10 of 11 10. Final payments will be made based on the 4th quarter expenditure report. Final payments will be equal to the difference between approved reported expenditures and the sum of previous payments. Final payments should be made not later than September provided that an original signed copy of an expenditure report for each quarter has been received by the Office of the Controller. Final payment will be made only after the Staff Time Activity Report, 3389, Environmental Health Report, 3788, and Food and Lodging, 3888 are received by the State. I. AMENDMENT OF CONTRACT Amendments, modifications, or waivers of this contract may be made at any time by mutual agreement of all parties. Amendments shall be in writing and signed by appropriate authorities. J. PROVISION OF TERMINATION This contract may be terminated for reasons other than non-compliance upon sixty (60) days written notice by either party. If termination should occur, the Department shall receive payment only for allowable expenditures. The State may withhold payment to the Department until the State can determine whether the Department is entitled to further payment or whether the State is entitled to a refund. K. COMPLIANCE 1. The State shall assure compliance with all terms of this contract. a. Upon determination of non-compliance, the State shall give the Department sixty (60) days written notice to come into compliance. If the deficiency is corrected, the Department shall submit a written report to the State which sets forth the corrective action taken. b. If the above deficiencies should not be corrected to the satisfaction of the State after the sixty(60) day period, disbursement of funds for the particular activity may be temporarily suspended pending negotiation of a plan of corrective action. C. If the deficiency is still not corrected within the next thirty (30) days following temporary suspension of funding, program funds may be permanently suspended until the Department can provide evidence that the deficiencies have been corrected. d. In the event of the Department's non-compliance with clauses of this contract, the State may cancel, terminate, or suspend this contract in whole or in part and the Department may be declared ineligible for further State contracts or agreements. Such terminations for non-compliance shall not occur until: (1) the provisions of Section K-1 (a-c) have been followed, documented, and have failed to provide a resolution, (2) all other reasonable administrative remedies have been exhausted. 2. If the Department or the State should be determined out of compliance with the provisions of the contract, either party may file a formal appeal with the Office of Administrative Hearings.