Report 2010-121 Recommendation 5 Responses
Report 2010-121: Foster Family Home and Small Family Home Insurance Fund: Expanding Its Coverage Will Increase Costs and the Department of Social Services Needs to Improve Its Management of the Insurance Fund (Release Date: September 2011)
Recommendation #5 To: Social Services, Department of
To comply with state law and improve the timeliness of claims processing, Social Services should ensure that General Services approves or rejects all claims within the mandated 180-day deadline.
1-Year Agency Response
Social Services stated that General Services has implemented a system to be in compliance with the mandated 180-day deadline, by either accepting or rejecting a claim within 180 days. In addition, Social Services implemented a process to track claims pending at General Services to ensure they are processed in 180 days. (See 2013-406, p. 112)
- Response Date: October 2012
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
All Recommendations in 2010-121
Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.