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Subcommittee advances HB 251 to alter audit cadence for local departments of social services
Summary
The Health and Social Services Subcommittee voted unanimously to advance HB 251, a departmental bill that changes the required frequency of financial and compliance audits of local departments of social services from at least once every three years to an interval of three to four years; conforming amendments will be adopted in full committee.
The Health and Social Services Subcommittee unanimously voted to advance HB 251, a departmental bill that changes how often local departments of social services must receive financial and compliance audits.
Under the measure the subcommittee advanced Tuesday, audits would occur at intervals ranging from three to four years, replacing the current statutory language requiring audits at least once every three years. Committee members said there was no outside testimony for or against the bill and no amendments offered at the subcommittee meeting.
The subcommittee presiding officer said the committee will vote the House bill out “as introduced” today and adopt conforming amendments to the Senate bill when the measure appears on the full committee’s vote list tomorrow. For the immediate motion, Vice Chair Jones moved to advance HB 251 and Delegate McCaskill seconded; the ayes carried the motion unanimously.
The bill was presented earlier to the panel by Department of Human Services staff; the subcommittee record shows no public opposition during the hearing. The committee and agency staff said they expect the conforming amendment work to be completed before the full committee vote.
The action advances the bill to full committee for final consideration of the conforming amendments and any additional review. No additional formal actions were recorded at the subcommittee meeting on this bill.
