Report 2010-108 Recommendation 9 Responses

Report 2010-108: Department of Public Health: It Reported Inaccurate Financial Information and Can Likely Increase Revenues for the State and Federal Health Facilities Citation Penalties Accounts (Release Date: June 2010)

Recommendation #9 To: Public Health, Department of

To ensure that the governor’s budget does not overstate funds available for appropriation for the federal account, Public Health should ensure that supervisory review is performed of the reconciliation of the fund condition as supported by Aging’s and Public Health’s accounting records to the fund condition statement prepared for inclusion in the governor’s budget.

1-Year Agency Response

The fund condition statement procedures, included in Public Health’s budget section procedures manual, require that a supervisor review the fund condition and indicate approval with a signature and date. (See 2012-406, p. 26)

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

All Recommendations in 2010-108

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.