NDD has authority to approve equipment purchases contingent on whether the requests
meet the criteria for a critical or emergency need and must be within existing DDS
operational funds.
DDS authority
Each DDS has authority to purchase equipment. The criteria for this DDS authority
follows:
The purchase must be within existing operating funds and cannot have any fiscal impact
on the state's ability to process their budgeted workload.
The DDS must inform SSA NDD with a description and cost of purchase to obtain a line
item.