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Inspector General outlines new department structure, proposes codifying internal audit authority and expanding fraud-detection system
Summary
Inspector General Elizabeth Smith described the Department of Inspector General's structure and said the department will seek legislation to codify internal audit authority (now established by executive order) and to allow the state's Medicaid fraud-detection system (the MFAD) to accept broader data for enterprise-wide fraud detection.
Elizabeth Smith, who identified herself as the state Inspector General and cabinet secretary for the Department of Inspector General, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee she and chief counsel Tammy Harrelson had come to introduce the department, its divisions and potential legislation the office plans to pursue.
"I'm Elizabeth Smith," she said, and explained that the new department houses the Medicaid Inspector General's office, the Fair Housing Commission…
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