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Committee advances SB147 to add oversight, reporting and advisory board for Medicaid OIG

Government Operations Committee · February 19, 2026
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Summary

The Government Operations Committee unanimously recommended SB147, a second substitute designed to increase oversight of the Office of Inspector General for Medicaid services by adding Department of Government Operations performance metrics, new reporting duties, and an advisory board while directing some audit functions to OLAG.

The Government Operations Committee unanimously voted to favorably recommend SB147, second substitute, to the full House after the bill’s sponsor described it as a response to a 2025 legislative audit that identified gaps in the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) governance and audit priorities.

The sponsor told the committee the measure “modifies our responsibilities, and very specifically brings some oversight of the office of inspector general,” saying the bill would add Department of…

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