DHS has prepared a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a governance framework between DHS and the RCH to manage the state's interests and responsibilities under the project agreement with CHP.
The content of the draft MOU deals primarily with the design and construction, and completion phases of the project. The draft MOU also sets out the requirement for RCH to contribute $90 million towards the cost of the project to reduce the net cost to the state.
DHS advised that the draft MOU has been agreed at officer level at both RCH and DHS, and that both parties are working within the framework it establishes. However, neither party has executed the MOU.