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Department Trust Fund that is attributed to the CHD shall be carried forward to the next contract period. c. Either party may establish service fees as allowed by law to fund activities of the CHD Where applicable, such fees shall be automatically adjusted to at least the Medicaid fee schedule. d. Either party may increase or decrease funding of this contract during the term hereof by notifying the other party in writing of the amount and purpose for the change in funding. If the State initiates the increase/decrease, the CHD will revise the Attachment II and send a copy of the revised pages to the County and the Department of Health, Office of Budget and Revenue Management. If the County initiates the increase/decrease, the County shall notify the CHD. The CHD will then revise the Attachment II and send a copy of the revised pages to the Department of Health, Office of Budget and Revenue Management. e The name and address of the official payee to whom payments shall be made is: County Health Department Trust Fund Indian River County Health Department Accounts Receivable, 1900 27th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960-3383 5. CHD DIRECTOR/ADMINISTRATOR. Both parties agree the director/administrator of the CHD shall be a State employee or under contract with the State and will be under the day-to-day direction of the Deputy Secretary for County Health Systems. The director/administrator shall be selected by the State with the concurrence of the County. The director/administrator of the CHD shall ensure that non -categorical sources of funding are used to fulfill public health priorities in the community and the Long Range Program Plan. A report detailing the status of public health as measured by outcome measures and similar indicators will be sent by the CHD director/administrator to the parties no later than October 1 of each year (This is the standard quality assurance "County Health Profile" report located on the Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management Intranet site) 6. ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. The parties hereto agree that the following standards should apply in the operation of the CHD. a. The CHD and its personnel shall follow all State policies and procedures, except to the extent permitted for the use of County purchasing procedures as set forth in subparagraph b., below. All CHD employees shall be State or State -contract personnel subject to State personnel rules and procedures. Employees will report time in the Health Management System compatible format by program component as specified by the State. b. The CHD shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal and state laws and regulations relating to its operation with the exception that the use of County purchasing procedures shall be allowed when it will result in a better price or service and no statewide Department of Health purchasing contract has been implemented for those goods or services. In such cases, the CHD director/administrator must sign a justification therefore, and all County purchasing procedures must be followed in their entirety, and such 3