(a) The department shall promote full utilization of child care and development funds and match available unused funds with identified service needs. The department shall arrange intraagency adjustments between California state preschool contracts and general child care contracts for the same agency and funding allocation. The department shall establish timelines for intraagency contract fund transfers.
(b) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provision of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer this section through the issuance of guidance or other written directives, which may include, but is not limited to, establishing timelines for submittal of requests to transfer funds.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2019.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 945, Sec. 5. (AB 2626) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2019, by its own provisions.)