North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING
Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS
Section 71S .0207 - COLLECTION OF CONSUMER CONTRIBUTIONS REVENUE

(a) Service providers shall have written procedures to collect, account for, and safeguard all contributions.

(b) When the county department of social services directly provides a service subject to consumer contributions, the county department of social services shall collect and account for these revenues.

(c) When a service subject to consumer contributions is provided by an agency other than a county department of social services or an individual through a purchase of service contract, that provider or the county department of social services shall be responsible for collecting and accounting for the revenue. When the provider is responsible for collecting and accounting for consumer contributions revenue, this must be specified in the contract for purchase of services.

(d) When a service subject to consumer contributions is purchased through a local or state-level contract, the county department of social services shall furnish the provider current information in writing as to the amount of the consumer contributions the client has agreed to contribute. The county department of social services or the provider shall collect the contribution from the client. The county department of social services shall furnish the provider in writing any change in the amount of consumer contributions. No consumer contributions amounts other than those identified shall be collected.