Report 2009-118 Recommendation 15 Responses

Report 2009-118: Department of Developmental Services: A More Uniform and Transparent Procurement and Rate-Setting Process Would Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Regional Centers (Release Date: August 2010)

Recommendation #15 To: Developmental Services, Department of

To deter unsupported and potentially wasteful spending of state resources by the regional centers, Developmental Services should determine the extent to which Inland needs to repay state funds it provided to a transportation vendor for an assessment of Inland’s transportation conditions.

1-Year Agency Response

Developmental Services conducted a review of Inland in fall 2010 and found over $4.2 million in payments to the transportation vendor (roughly $1 million related to the transportation assessment and $3.2 million related to how the regional center established transportation vendor’s rate of payment) that were not appropriate and that must be repaid to the State. (2012-406, p. 106).

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

All Recommendations in 2009-118

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.