§ 26.5-3-508 — Annual program review - audit

(1) The health sciences facility
shall annually prepare and submit to the department a report including an
evaluation of the implementation of the program, the results achieved by the
program based on the annual reports submitted by the administering entities
pursuant to section 26.5-3-506 (1)(e), the extent to which the program serves
medicaid-eligible persons and provides services that may be provided in part
through medicaid funding, and any recommendations concerning changes to the
program, including any changes that may be appropriate to enable the program to
receive and maximize medicaid funding. Each program contractor and
subcontractor and each entity that administers the program shall work with the
health sciences facility and the department to prepare the reports required
pursuant to this section and section 2-3-113 (2). Any entity that is administering the
program is subject to a reduction in or cessation of funding if the executive
director, based on recommendations from the health sciences facility, determines
that the entity is not operating the program in accordance with the program
requirements established by department rule or is operating the program in such a
manner that the program does not demonstrate positive results.

(2) The state auditor's office, pursuant to section 2-3-113, shall audit each
entity administering the program to determine whether the entity is administering
the program in compliance with the program requirements and in an effective
manner. The audit must be conducted and reported in accordance with section 2-3-113.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 635, � 3, effective July 1.