Report 2021-046 Recommendation 12 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 #12 To: Public Health, Department of

To provide more accurate information to the public, CDPH 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

CDPH has reported on its website the amount of funds received from Proposition 56 per the Financial Statement Detailed Fund Balance (DF-303) Report. It has discontinued reporting on closed periods and will only report on the most recent budget year per Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 30130.56(c). The Proposition 56 funding report is available at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/Pages/Proposition-56-Fiscal-Reporting.aspx.

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

Although the fiscal year 2021-22 information that CDPH published on its website does not exactly match the amounts of funds transferred into its accounts according to the State Controller's Office's report of funds transferred, the numbers are materially similar. Thus, we consider this recommendation fully implemented.

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Agency responses received are posted verbatim.