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Senate committee reviews bill to create cabinet-level Department of Inspector General; members press for clarity on independence and powers
Summary
House Bill 1116 would combine the Medicaid Inspector General, the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, and a DFA internal-audit unit into a cabinet-level Department of Inspector General; lawmakers pressed staff on subpoena authority, audit reporting, appointment and hiring lines, and whether positions or appropriations would change.
A Senate committee reviewed House Bill 1116, a transformation measure to create a cabinet-level Department of Inspector General by consolidating the Office of Medicaid Inspector General, the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission and an internal-audit unit from the Department of Finance and Administration.
Representative Andy Davis, presenting the bill, described the reorganization as a consolidation of existing oversight functions into one department. "This 1 puts together a new department of the inspector general," he said.
Senators focused most of their questions on statutory authorities and the office’s independence. Senator Sample asked whether the Medicaid…
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