Report 2019-046 Recommendation 13 Responses

Report 2019-046: Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax: State Agencies' Weak Administration Reduced Revenue by Millions of Dollars and Led to the Improper Use and Inadequate Disclosure of Funds (Release Date: January 2021)

Recommendation #13 To: Health Care Services, Department of

To ensure that participants are serving the agreed-upon Medi-Cal patient caseloads, Health Care Services should finalize its formal process by June 2021 to verify the caseload percentage that participants self-report.

60-Day Agency Response

The annual review formal process was finalized and the staff were all trained by December 9, 2020. Please refer to attachments titled "Annual Reviews" and "Annual Review Policy Acknowledgement Master List," respectively.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

DHCS provided documentation of the process it established to verify the calculation of the caseload percentage that participants self-report.

All Recommendations in 2019-046

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.