Sec.17-313b-3. Filing of audited consolidated operational report (ACOR)

Each private organization operating community living arrangements or community living arrangements and day services shall annually file an audited consolidated operational report with the primary regional office of the Department of Mental Retardation.

(1) The ACOR shall be filed no later than the first business day following October 15 for the contract year July 1 through June 30.

(2) The ACOR shall provide actual audited costs, revenues, and client data for the preceding contract year July 1 through June 30.

(3) Forms and specific expense and revenue categories shall be provided by the Department of Mental Retardation in order to assure that all data supplied by the filing organizations is consistent in format and content to facilitate comparison statewide.

(4) The ACOR shall be completed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Audited financial statements, notes to same and the auditor's opinion letter shall accompany the ACOR filing.

(5) Whenever costs are incurred between related parties, allowable cost shall be defined as and limited to the cost to the related party. Findings of relatedness may be made in the absence of majority stock ownership of the related parties in respective organizations. The related party principle applies to any transaction between a provider and a related party, including but not limited to one time or multiple transactions involving services or supplies and one time sales or lease of the facility itself. Related party transactions must be identified as such in the ACOR and the unallowable portion excluded in the appropriate section of the ACOR.

(Effective June 24, 1988)