Report 2006-106 Recommendation 9 Responses

Report 2006-106: Department of Health Services: Its Licensing and Certification Division Is Struggling to Meet State and Federal Oversight Requirements for Skilled Nursing Facilities (Release Date: April 2007)

Recommendation #9 To: Health Services, Department of

To ensure that it can provide the public access to complete and accurate information regarding skilled nursing facilities as the Legislature intended, Health Services should continue in its efforts to implement an Internet-based inquiry system and take steps to ensure that the data it plans to provide through the system are accurate.

1-Year Agency Response

Health Services reports that it launched the Health Facilities Consumer Information System (HFCIS) on January 23, 2008. Our review of this system confirmed that users are able to find a variety of information on skilled nursing facilities, including locations and owners; the number of units or beds; and summary information on complaints, state-enforcement actions, and survey deficiencies. (2009-406, p. 18)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2006-106

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.