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Consolidated Agreement FY 18 Page 14 of 33 Department no later than March 30 for the State Fiscal Year in which payment will be made. The State shall disperse Food & Lodging funds to the Department upon receipt of the executed Agreement Addendum and the signed, completed, and approved Food & Lodging Local Health Department Request for Payment Form. 14. The State shall provide a Funding Authorization document to the Department after the receipt of the Certified State Budget. 15. The State shall make funds available to the Department at the beginning of each fiscal year upon receipt of this executed Agreement, and the executed Agreement Addenda. Funds will be dispersed in accordance with the timely submissions of Expenditure Reports. Payment will be made to the Department according to the DHHS Controller's Office Aid -to -Counties Expenditure Control Schedule issued December of each year for the following calendar year. 16. The State shall assist the Department to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards relating to the activities covered in this Agreement. 17. The State reserves the right to conduct reviews, audits, and program monitoring to determine compliance with the terms of this Agreement and its associated Agreement Addenda 18. For services of the State Laboratory of Public Health ("State Lab"), the State shall: a Provide free or at -cost mailers that meet the US Postal Service/DOT UN3373 Biologic substance shipping and packaging regulations for samples submitted to the State Lab only, when ordered via the State Lab's web -based mailroom ordering system; b. Assure qualified personnel to process, analyze and report test results; c. Assure that the State Laboratory maintains CLIA certification; d. Submit invoices to the local health departments via electronic means; e. Collect interest (per N.C.G.S. 147-86.23 and 150-241.1) and a 10% late fee as appropriate; and f. Provide a qualified Laboratory Director and a Technical Consultant for local health departments' laboratories participating in the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health CLIA Contract Program. Services provided by the oversight of this personnel include training and continuing education, CLIA inspection assistance, proficiency testing and enrollment, competency assessment, and models for laboratory forms, procedures and policies. H. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS 1. The State shall disburse funds to the Department on a monthly basis; monthly disbursements for each program activity will be based on monthly expenditures reported. 2. The State shall disburse Food and Lodging funds in accordance with NCAC T15A:18A . 2900 — "Restaurant and Lodging Fee Collection and Inventory Program" in the month following receipt of the signed, completed, and approved Food & Lodging Local Health Department Request for Payment Form (DPH EH 2948). The exception is that Temporary Food Establishment (TFE) and Limited Food Establishment (LFE) fees MUST be collected by the Department and must be expended to support the food, lodging, and institution sanitation programs and activities. Such fees shall be deemed to have been disbursed to the Department upon their collection and shall be reported in the Aid -to -Counties Database on the ZZZZ line for Activity 874, Category 107—Local Temporary Food Establishment and Limited Food Establishment.