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Consolidated Agreement FYI <br />U44 <br />Page 11 of 28 <br />4) 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 or by submitting a <br />check to DHHS for payment if it is the last month of the fiscal year or the federal grant is <br />closed. There is no provision to carry forward funds from one State Fiscal Year to another; <br />therefore, any adjustment not included in the June payment (or earlier if the grant period <br />expires during the State Fiscal Year) should be paid from local funds. <br />f. The Department shall submit requests for reimbursement for training per Section B. Funding <br />Stipulations, Paragraph 12, to the Public Health Nursing and Professional Development Unit. <br />Form 3300 — Public Health Nurse Training Activity must be used as the invoice for payment. <br />g. The Department shall submit requests for reimbursement for training per Section B. Funding <br />Stipulations, Paragraph 19, to the Environmental Health Section. Form DHHS 4125 — <br />Centralized Intern Training Funds Reimbursement Request must be used as the invoice for <br />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 <br />State and provided to the Department as described in section G.19 of this Agreement. <br />D. PERSONNEL POLICIES <br />1. The Department shall adhere to and fully comply with State or county personnel policies as <br />applicable. <br />2. Environmental Health Specialists employed by the Department shall be delegated authority by the <br />State to administer and enforce State environmental health rules and laws as directed by the State <br />pursuant to G.S. 130A -4(b). This delegation shall be done according to 15A NCAC 10.0100. <br />a. The Department is responsible for sending their newly employed environmental health specialists <br />(interns) to centralized training within 180 days from date of employment. <br />b. Arrangements for centralized training for newly- employed environmental health specialists will <br />be handled by the Education and Training Staff, Division of Public Health. <br />c. The Department, when contracting with an environmental health specialist employed by another <br />entity shall be responsible for ensuring that all original documents, correspondence, and other <br />public records be maintained in the health department using the contractor and all contracts shall <br />stipulate that the contractor shall be available for consultation to the public being served. <br />3. The Department shall comply with Minimum Standard Health Department Staffing 10A NCAC <br />Section 46.0301(c), and shall ensure that all nursing staff who provide public health services funded <br />by this Agreement comply with this rule. <br />E. CONMEN'I ULITY <br />All information as to personal facts and circumstances obtained by Department personnel in connection <br />with the provision of services or other activity under this Agreement shall be privileged communication, <br />shall be held confidential, and shall not be divulged without the client's or responsible person's written <br />consent, except as may be otherwise required or allowed by law or regulation. Such information may be <br />disclosed in summary, statistical, or other form which does not directly or indirectly identify particular <br />individuals. Department employees must sign confidentiality pledges documenting the knowledge of, <br />and the agreement to maintain, personal and medical confidentiality. <br />