Report 2009-118 Recommendation 8 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 #8 To: Developmental Services, Department of

To ensure that negotiated rates are cost effective, Developmental Services should follow and refine, as necessary, its newly established fiscal audit procedures requiring a review of a representative sample of negotiated rates as part of its biennial fiscal audit of each regional center.

1-Year Agency Response

Developmental Services expanded its fiscal audit protocols to include a review of negotiated rates during its biennial fiscal audits. (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.