Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Designated community-based assistance
programs referred to in this chapter and in Chapter 3.2 (commencing with
Section 6215) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
the Government Code shall be known as enrolling agencies. Community-based
assistance programs that are eligible to be designated as enrolling agencies
are nonprofit agencies that are independent abortion providers and Planned
Parenthood clinics and state and local agencies.
(b) To apply to become a designated enrolling
agency an eligible community-based assistance program as defined in subdivision
(a) shall submit a completed Enrolling Agency Agreement, revised September 29,
2003, to the Secretary of State. There shall be no application fee for
designation as an enrolling agency.
(c) The Enrolling Agency Agreement, revised
September 29, 2003, requires all of the following:
(1) Name of agency or organization;
(2) Administrative address;
(3) Telephone and facsimile
numbers;
(4) Printed name and
signature of agency or clinic director and the date of signature; and
(5) Agree to:
(A) attend a program orientation and training
provided by the Secretary of State to assist program participant applicants
with the enrollment and application process;
(B) review the application checklist with
applicants before forwarding the completed enrollment package and application
fees to the Secretary of State within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of a
completed enrollment package;
(C)
maintain an adequate supply of original application materials provided by the
Secretary of State and not make copies of any of the application
materials;
(D) fulfill the
obligations and responsibilities under Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section
6215) of the Government Code and
this chapter.
(d) The Secretary of State shall review the
Enrolling Agency Agreement to determine whether:
(1) the community-based assistance
organization is eligible under subdivision (a); and
(2) all requested information on Enrolling
Agency Agreement is complete. If the community-based assistance organization is
eligible under subdivision (a) and the Enrolling Agency Agreement is complete,
the Secretary of State shall designate the community-based assistance program
as an enrolling agency. Within ten (10) business days of actual receipt of an
Enrolling Agency Agreement the Secretary of State shall mail a notice to the
community-based assistance organization stating whether or not it has been
designated as an enrolling agency. Each enrolling agency shall attend a program
orientation provided by the Secretary of State prior to counseling program
participant applicants.
(e) An enrolling agency shall cease to be
designated as such upon any of the following:
(1) the Secretary of State receives written
notification by an authorized representative of the enrolling agency that it is
withdrawing from the program;
(2)
the enrolling agency does not satisfy the definition provided in subdivision
(a); or
(3) the Secretary of State
finds that the enrolling agency is not fulfilling its obligations and
responsibilities under this chapter and Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section
6215) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
the Government Code. Termination of designation as an enrolling agency shall be
in accordance with Section
22100.4. Upon the effective date of
the termination, the community-based assistance organization shall not
represent itself as an enrolling agency and shall return any Safe at Home
applications and materials to the Secretary of State within three (3) business
days.
1. Certificate
of Compliance as to 12-1-2003 order, including renumbering and amendment of
former section
22100(b)-(e) to
new section
22100.1, transmitted to OAL
3-29-2004 and filed 5-11-2004 (Register 2004, No. 20).
2. Amendment
of section heading filed 3-3-2020; operative 3-3-2020 pursuant to Government
Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2020, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Section
6215.9,
Government Code. Reference: Sections
6215.2 and
6215.8,
Government Code.
