Report 2014-130 Recommendation 24 Responses

Report 2014-130: California Department of Health Care Services: It Should Improve Its Administration and Oversight of School‑Based Medi-Cal Programs (Release Date: August 2015)

Recommendation #24 To: Health Care Services, Department of

To ensure that it provides stakeholders with timely access to information regarding the billing option program, Health Care Services should issue all future annual reports in a timely manner.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2018

DHCS received data from other states required in regulations to complete the FY 2015-16 report which was posted on the web site on January 8, 2018. The FY 2016-17 report is being finalized. Estimated date for completion is December 2018.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Resolved

Health Care Services' fiscal year 2015-16 report is online at https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/formsandpubs/Documents/Legislative%20Reports/LEA_LegRpt_FY_2015-16.pdf.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From September 2017

Due to the lack of responses from other states to provide the data required in regulation for the report, the FY 2015 report (July 2015 through June 2016) is delayed. DHCS is currently finalizing the FY 2016 (July 2016 through June 2017) report and will post to the website once approved

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

1-Year Agency Response

DHCS is working collaboratively to issue future reports in a timely manner.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

6-Month Agency Response

DHCS will work to issue reports timely.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

DHCS will work to issue reports timely.

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

All Recommendations in 2014-130

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.