Report 2021-046 Recommendation 16 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 #16 To: Education, Department of

When Education 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

Fully implemented. On December 16, 2022, Education published the fiscal year 2021-22 Proposition 56 funding information on its social media page; the links to the post are as follows, Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program - Home | Facebook and https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/tupefunding.asp.

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

CDE implemented the recommendation by posting on a social media platform a link to the website on which it describes the amounts of Proposition 56 funds it has received and spent in fiscal year 2021-22.

All Recommendations in 2021-046

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.