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DoouSlgn, Envelope ID: B15AAEBD-74AB-4EFF-B97F-0776E33BOD86 .. r <br />ventures, osrotherwise work in collaboration with, federal, state,: local tribal or private <br />sector entities in pursuing Opioid Remediation activities funded from.the CA Abatement <br />Accounts Fund. Further, provided that all CA Abatement Accounts Funds are used for <br />Opioid Remediation consistent with the Walgreens Settlement Agreement and this CA <br />Walgreens Allocation Agreement, a county and any cities or towns within the county <br />may agree to reallocate their respective shares of the CA Abatement Accounts Funds <br />among themselves, provided that any direct distribution may only be.to a CA <br />Participating Subdivision and any CA Participating Subdivision must agree to. their share <br />being reallocated. <br />iii. CA Abatement Accounts Fund Oversight <br />a) Pursuant to Section 5 below, CA Participating Subdivisions receiving settlement funds <br />must prepare and file reports annually regarding the use of those funds. DHCS may <br />regularly review the reports prepared by CA Participating Subdivisions about the use of <br />CA Abatement Accounts Funds for compliance with the Walgreens Settlement <br />Agreement'and this CA Walgreens Allocation Agreement. <br />b) If DHCS determines that a CA Participating Subdivision's use of CA Abatement <br />Accounts Funds is inconsistent with the Walgreens Settlement Agreement or. this .CA <br />Walgreens Allocation Agreement, whether through review of repIgrts'or information <br />from any other sources, DHCS shall send a request to meet and confer with the CA <br />Participating Subdivision. The parties shall meet and confer in. an effort to resolve the <br />concern. <br />c) If the parties are unable to reacha=resolution, DHCS may conduct an auditof the <br />Subdivision's use of the CA Abatement Accounts Funds within one year of the request to <br />meet and confer, unless the parties' mutually agree in writing to extend the meet and' <br />confer time frame. <br />d) If the concern still cannot be resolved, the State may bring a motion or action in the court <br />where the State has filed its Consent Judgment to resolve the concern or otherwise <br />enforce theyequirements of the Walgreens Settlement Agreement or this CA Walgreens <br />Allocation Agreement.. However, in no case shall any audit be cqr ducted;. or motion be <br />brought, as to a specific expenditure of finds, more than five years after the date on <br />which the e penditure of the funds was reported to DHCS, in accordance with; this <br />agreement. <br />e) Notwithstanding the, foregoing, this Agreement. does not limit the'statutory•or <br />constitutional authority of any state or local agency or official to conduct audits; <br />investigations, or other oversight activities, or to pursue administrative civil, or <br />criminal enforcement actions. <br />B�LC �1 E rlt� <br />to <br />iJ�Y � <br />