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Fiscal Year 2012 Department of State Health Services Contract General Provisions (Core /Subrecipient) accurate information between the two sites. Telemedicine Medical Services does not include chemical dependency treatment services provided by electronic means under Rule § 448.911. Section 2.05 Fees for Personal Health Services. Contractor may develop a system and schedule of fees for personal health services in accordance with the provisions of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 12.032, DSHS Rule § 1.91 covering Fees for Personal Health Services, and other applicable laws or grant requirements. The amount of a fee must not exceed the actual cost of providing the services. No client may be denied a service due to inability to pay. Section 2.06 Cost Effective Purchasing of Medications. If medications are funded under this Contract, Contractor shall make needed medications available to clients at the lowest possible prices and use the most cost effective medications purchasing arrangement possible. Section 2.07 Services and Information for Persons with Limited English Proficiency. Contractor shall take reasonable steps to provide services and information, both orally and in writing, in appropriate languages other than English, to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency are effectively informed and can have meaningful access to programs, benefits, and activities. Contractor shall identify and document on the client records the primary language /dialect of a client who has limited English proficiency and the need for translation or interpretation services and shall not require a client to provide or pay for the services of a translator or interpreter. Contractor shall make every effort to avoid use of any persons under the age of eighteen (18) or any family member or friend of the client as an interpreter for essential communications with a client with limited English proficiency, unless the client has requested that person and using the person would not compromise the effectiveness of services or violate the client's confidentiality and the client is advised that a free interpreter is available. ARTICLE III FUNDING Section 3.01 Debt to State and Corporate Status. Pursuant to Tex. Gov. Code § 403.055, the Department will not approve and the State Comptroller will not issue payment to Contractor if Contractor is indebted to the State for any reason, including a tax delinquency. Contractor, if a corporation, certifies by execution of this Contract that it is current and will remain current in its payment of franchise taxes to the State of Texas or that it is exempt from payment of franchise taxes under Texas law (Tex. Tax Code §§ 171.001 et seq.). Contractor, if a corporation, further certifies that it is and will remain in good standing with the Secretary of State's office. A false statement regarding franchise tax or corporate status is a material breach of this Contract. If franchise tax payments become delinquent during the Contract term, all or part of the payments under this Contract may be withheld until Contractor's delinquent franchise tax is paid in full. Section 3.02 Application of Payment Due. Contractor agrees that any payments due under this Contract will be applied towards any debt of Contractor, including but not limited to delinquent taxes and child support that is owed to the State of Texas. Section 3.03 Use of Funds. Contractor shall expend Department funds only for the provision of approved services and for reasonable and allowable expenses directly related to those services. Section 3.04 Use for Match Prohibited. Contractor shall not use funds provided through this Contract for matching purposes in securing other funding unless directed or approved by the Department in writing. Section 3.05 Program Income. Gross income directly generated from Department funds through a project General Provisions (Core Subrecipient) 2012 10