Report 2021-046 Recommendation 14 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 #14 To: Justice, Department of

To provide more accurate information to the public, Justice 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.

60-Day Agency Response

As recommended, DOJ's fiscal year 2021-22 annual report, including the cash transfer amount, has been published on the AG's website as "CA DOJ Summary of Expenditures (FY 2021-22) for Funds Received" as a part of The California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 - Tobacco - Prop 56. Moving forward, the published annual reports will include the cash transfer amounts.

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

Justice reported on its website the amount of Proposition 56 funds that it actually received for fiscal year 2021-22.

All Recommendations in 2021-046

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.