Report 2021-046 Recommendation 13 Responses
Report 2021-046: Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax: The Department of Health Care Services Is Not Adequately Monitoring Provider Payments Funded by Tobacco Taxes (Release Date: November 2022)
Recommendation #13 To: Health Care Services, Department of
To provide more accurate information to the public, DHCS should report on its website the amount of Proposition 56 funds that it actually received beginning with the information it reports for fiscal year 2021-22.
1-Year Agency Response
DHCS has included the amount of actual revenue received in the fund and added actual revenue to the financial information that is published on the DHCS website (see Attachment 1 in Substantiation folder).
- Completion Date: December 2022
- Response Date: December 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Resolved
DHCS submitted documentation from its website showing the amount of Proposition 56 funds it received in fiscal year 2022-23. We will evaluate the accuracy of that information as part of a subsequent audit.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
6-Month Agency Response
Health Care Services did not submit a response to this recommendation.
- Estimated Completion Date: unknown
- Response Date: October 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
60-Day Agency Response
Health Care Services did not submit a response to this recommendation.
- Estimated Completion Date: unknown
- Response Date: March 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
All Recommendations in 2021-046
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.