Report 2021-046 Recommendation 7 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 #7 To: Health Care Services, Department of
To ensure that it reports accurate information to the public, DHCS should institute a more robust management review process for posting Proposition 56 expenditure information on its website beginning with the information it reports for fiscal year 2021-22.
1-Year Agency Response
The first and second-line managers review all formulas and data to ensure they are correct. Next, the second line manager reviews the information with the Branch Chief; and then the Branch Chief reviews with the Division Chief to mitigate the risk of errors in financial information posted to the website (see Attachment 1 in Substantiation folder).
- Completion Date: November 2022
- Response Date: December 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
Although DHCS describes its process for ensuring that it does not make errors in the financial information posted to its website, it did not provide documentation substantiating that it formalized these efforts.
- 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.