Report 2021-046 Recommendation 15 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 #15 To: Tax and Fee Administration, California Department of

When CDTFA posts information to its website about the amounts of Proposition 56 funds it has received and spent, it should also post links to that information on its social media platforms to increase transparency.

60-Day Agency Response

On Dec. 22, 2022, CDTFA's Financial Management Division (FMD) alerted the External Affairs Division (EAD) via email that the "Proposition 56 Summary of Revenues and Expenditures" had been posted to the Department's website at https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/prop-56-summary-rev-and-exp.htm. EAD had posted the link and a variation of the following language to its Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts: "CDTFA administers CA's cigarette and tobacco products

taxes, including Prop 56, the Healthcare, Research & Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, which helps fund healthcare programs/services; youth prevention programs; & medical research."

Going forward, EAD is adding a reminder to its annual social media calendar at the end of December for the Proposition 56\Summary of Revenues and Expenditures post.

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

CDTFA implemented the recommendation by posting on a social media platform a link to its website about the amounts of Proposition 56 funds that it received and spent in fiscal year 2021-22.

All Recommendations in 2021-046

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.