(a) The department shall contract with public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for purposes of this chapter. Those contracts shall be competitively bid pursuant to a request for proposals, either statewide or by specific region or regions. Each contract shall have a term not to exceed five years. Before the end of each contract term, the department shall conduct a timely competitive request for proposals that allows sufficient time for execution of a subsequent contract to avoid a lapse in services.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts necessary pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) A private nonprofit corporation shall submit a complete financial statement for its most recent fiscal year as prepared by a certified public accountant prior to a renewal or new award of a contract.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 14. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018.)