California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 4 - Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs › Chapter 1 - Administration of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 9000 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  following definitions shall apply to terminology used in Division 4 of the
				  California Code of Regulations (CCR):
(1) Actual
				  Cost Contract. "Actual cost contract" means a contract by which the contractor will
				  be reimbursed for no more than documented costs incurred for services within the
				  limits of the contract.
(2) Additional
				  Alcohol Services. "Additional alcohol services" means those alcohol services which a
				  county identifies either in its annual county alcohol plan or in its report of
				  expenditures as being financed by funds other than appropriations pursuant to the
				  Budget Act for the full year and the required match.
(3) Administrator. "Administrator" means the
				  County Alcohol Program Administrator designated pursuant to Section
				  11800 of
				  the Health and Safety Code.
(4) Advanced
				  Payments. "Advanced payments" means funds sent to the county each month, excluding
				  June, which cannot exceed 
				  1/12 of Department
				  administered funds for a given fiscal year.
(5) Allocation Formula. "Allocation formula" means
				  the statistical base by which the Department may appropriate state and federal funds
				  to each county alcoholism program.
(6)
				  Compensate. "Compensate" means to pay for services rendered.
(7) Coordination. "Coordination" means the
				  development and maintenance of harmonious and integrated activities among public and
				  private alcohol program providers and related service providers offering services
				  for alcoholism or alcohol-related problems.
(8) Cost Guideline. "Cost guideline" means a per
				  unit cost for alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation services established by the
				  Department as a standard measure for budget and cost analysis. Such costs are based
				  on experience and periodic surveys including a consideration for
				  inflation.
(9) County-Operated Program.
				  "County-operated program" means an alcoholism or alcohol-related problem service
				  program operated by a county.
(10)
				  County Overhead Costs. "County overhead costs" means continuing indirect and support
				  costs involved in running a program. Such costs result from a portion of "parent"
				  department's costs (health-related agency) plus a portion of the county's support
				  cost such as rent, personnel, and accounting.
(11) Department. "Department" means the State
				  Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs established pursuant to Section
				  11750 of
				  the Health and Safety Code.
(12)
				  Depreciation. "Depreciation" means the process of wearing out. A depreciation
				  expense for an accounting period is the portion of capital invested in a depreciable
				  asset which is exhausted during that period as a result of the wearing out
				  process.
(13) Director. "Director" means
				  the Director of the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs appointed by the
				  Governor pursuant to Section
				  11751 of
				  the Health and Safety Code.
(14) Direct
				  Services. "Direct services" means nonresidential and residential services designed
				  to assist individuals and their families suffering from alcoholism or
				  alcohol-related problems to establish and maintain a recovery program.
(15) Donation. "Donation" means any gift or
				  contribution received by an alcohol program or service independent of costs or fees
				  for services provided by such program or service.
(16) Expenditure. "Expenditure" means the actual
				  payment of funds for goods delivered, services rendered, and expenses incurred as
				  provided in Section
				  9696.
(17) Fee for Service Contract. "Fee for service
				  contract" means a contract by which units of service are purchased at a negotiated
				  fixed rate, and the negotiated fixed rate shall serve as the actual cost of the unit
				  of service.
(18) Fees. "Fees" means
				  money paid by persons receiving services, or money paid on behalf of such
				  persons.
(19) Indirect Services.
				  "Indirect services" means activities including, but not limited to, intervention and
				  prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
(20) Major Health Program. "Major health program"
				  is a program whose administrator reports directly to an agency director or
				  equivalent.
(21) Privately Operated
				  Agencies. "Privately operated agencies" means an alcoholism or alcohol-related
				  problem service program operated by a nongovernmental entity.
(22) Program Development. "Program development"
				  means the creation and improvement of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems
				  programs and services.
(23) Reimburse.
				  "Reimburse" means to pay back money spent for actual costs incurred.
(24) Remodeling. "Remodeling" means the functional
				  adaptation of space within an existing structure resulting in no increase in the
				  fair market value of the original structure.
(25) Report of Expenditures. "Report of
				  expenditures" means a summary of the county's fiscal-year financial and statistical
				  transactions which are identified in the plan and relate to alcohol services for a
				  fiscal year.
(26) Shall, May, and
				  Should. "Shall" means mandatory. "May" means permissive. "Should" means
				  recommended.
(27) Statham Funds.
				  "Statham funds" means county funds used for alcohol services reported in the county
				  alcohol plan derived from drinking driver convictions pursuant to Section
				  1463.16, Penal
				  Code.
(28) Unbudgeted Funds. "Unbudgeted
				  funds" means the difference between the state and federal funds allocated to the
				  county and the county's budget of state and federal funds for that fiscal
				  year.