Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.109 - MONTANA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER SUPPORT ACT › Subchapter 37.109.1 - Montana Community Health Centers › Rule 37.109.117 - AWARD AND ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1)
				Final grant awards determination, along with a prioritized listing arranged by
				highest score of applicants will be made by the department committee. The
				department committee shall advise the advisory group, in writing, of its
				determination of grant award(s) along with the prioritized listing of
				additional eligible applicants. If the department committee does not follow the
				recommendation(s) of the advisory group, the department committee will provide
				its reasons for not doing so in writing to the advisory committee.
(2) Successful applicants, also referred to
				as "grantees", that are to be awarded grants by the department will negotiate a
				contract with the department. Grant amounts will be awarded prior to the end of
				the state fiscal year.
(3) The
				contract will be administered by the Hospital and Clinic Services Bureau,
				Health Resources Division of the department.
(4) The contract may be terminated for
				nonperformance or underperformance on the part of the grantee. The department
				committee may make a determination of nonperformance or underperformance based
				on the grantee's demonstrated work toward accomplishing the objectives of their
				request for proposal. The grantee will be notified by the department committee
				of its determination of nonperformance or underperformance. The grantee will be
				afforded an opportunity to remedy the nonperformance or underperformance. The
				department committee may make a determination of continuing nonperformance or
				underperformance based on the grantee's demonstrated work toward accomplishing
				the objectives of their request for proposal. The grantee will have the right
				to seek all contractual and judicial remedies available if aggrieved by the
				determination of continuing nonperformance or underperformance of the
				department committee.
(5) Grant
				awards will not supplant already available funds and in-kind
				resources.
(6) Grant award monies
				will cease once federal monies are received by the successful applicant for the
				same purpose as this grant award.
(7) In the event of (4) or facility closure,
				the department reserves the right to recoup unused capital grants and/or assets
				purchased with the monies derived from this grant award.
(8) Benchmarks and other reporting tools may
				be used by the department to determine a grantee's performance.
(9) Grant awards amounts may be expended over
				a time period not to exceed one year beyond the end of the biennium the grant
				was awarded if the project requires it and if legislative funding permits it.
				After that time period has elapsed, an application must be submitted for
				continuation of state funding based upon compliance with grant requirements and
				meeting performance measures.
50-4-804,
					 MCA; IMP,
					 50-4-802,
					 50-4-805,
					 50-4-806,
					 MCA;