Report 2021-046 Recommendation 9 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 #9 To: Public Health, Department of

To ensure that it reports accurate information to the public, CDPH should compile the expenditure information for each of its Proposition 56 programs using the same type of accounting report beginning with the information it reports for fiscal year 2021-22.

60-Day Agency Response

CDPH used the Financial Statement Detailed Fund Balance (DF-303) Report to generate financial data to report Proposition 56 expenditure activities for fiscal year 2021-22. Proposition 56 expenditures are available online at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/Pages/Proposition-56-Fiscal-Reporting.aspx. CDPH will continue to use this report going forward.

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

Although the fiscal year 2021-22 expenditure 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 and CDPH compiled the numbers for each of its Proposition 56 programs using the same type of report. Thus, we consider this recommendation fully implemented .

All Recommendations in 2021-046

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.