Effective Date of Transfer

(a)Effective October 1, 1983, all working capital, accounts payable and receivable, all books, records, obligations, assets, liabilities, agreements and privileges pertaining to the operations of the existing Community Mental Health Center and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Agency shall be transferred to the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center.

(b)Upon the transfer of functions, all independent contractors and contract employees of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Agency and the Community Health Center shall have the option of completing CH. 86 GUAM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER any existing contracts upon which they may be retained. No person who accepts a transfer to the Department shall, during the remainder of the term of his existing contract, which term shall in no event be extended:

(1)be removed from his employment except for cause; or

(2)have his salary or any of his benefits of government employment, if any, reduced except as such salary and benefits that may be reduced uniformly for all government employees.

(c)Upon the transfer of functions, all classified employees of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Agency and all classified employees except the nurses of the inpatient unit of the Community Mental Health Center of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority shall be transferred to the Department in the same grade and step as they held at the time of transfer. They shall continue to be members of the classified service. The nurses of the inpatient unit of the Community Mental Health Center shall remain classified employees of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority at the same grade and step.