Report 2009-118 Recommendation 6 Responses

Report 2009-118: Department of Developmental Services: A More Uniform and Transparent Procurement and Rate-Setting Process Would Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Regional Centers (Release Date: August 2010)

Recommendation #6 To: Developmental Services, Department of

To ensure that negotiated rates are cost effective, Developmental Services should require regional centers to document how they determine that the rates they negotiate or otherwise establish are reasonable for the services to be provided.

1-Year Agency Response

Developmental Services issued a directive dated August 16, 2010, to regional centers requiring them to maintain documentation on the process used to determine and the rationale for granting any negotiated rate. (2012-406, p. 104)

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

All Recommendations in 2009-118

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.