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10/09/2018 10:00 AM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Approval of the Agenda | |
| Approval of Minutes | |
| Approval of Rpl(s) | |
| Approval of Special Audit Request | |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
October 9, 2018
10:00 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Bert Stedman, Chair
Senator Anna MacKinnon
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator Click Bishop
Senator Natasha von Imhof (alternate)
Representative Andy Josephson, Vice Chair
Representative Paul Seaton
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
Representative Jennifer Johnston
Representative Dan Ortiz (alternate)(via teleconference)
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Representative Scott Kawasaki
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF RPL(S)
APPROVAL OF SPECIAL AUDIT REQUEST
EXECUTIVE SESSION
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
DAVID TEAL, Director
Legislative Finance Division
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Spoke to RPL 10-9-5001, DNR, Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill (EVOS) Outreach.
FABIENNE PETER-CONTESSE, Director
Central Office
Division of Support Services
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions during discussion of RPL
10-9-5001, DNR, EVOS Outreach.
RANDY RUARO, Staff
Senator Bert Stedman
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information regarding approval of a
special audit request regarding Medicaid eligibility and
recertification.
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor
Legislative Audit Division
Legislative Agencies and Offices
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information during discussion of
the special audit request regarding Medicaid eligibility and
recertification.
ACTION NARRATIVE
10:00:49 AM
CHAIR BERT STEDMAN called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Representatives
Josephson, Seaton, Spohnholz, Johnston, and Ortiz
(alternate)(via teleconference), and Senators Stedman,
MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, and Von Imhof (alternate) were
present at the call to order.
^APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
10:02:19 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the first order of business would
be the approval of the agenda.
10:02:26 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the agenda. There being no objection,
the agenda was approved.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
10:02:40 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be
the approval of minutes.
10:02:45 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the minutes of the July 12, 2018,
meeting as presented. There being no objection, the minutes of
the July 12, 2018, meeting were approved.
^APPROVAL OF RPL(s)
APPROVAL OF RPL(s)
10:03:31 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be
the approval of a revised program legislative (RPL).
10:03:43 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve RPL 10-9-5001, Department of Natural
Resources (DNR), Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Outreach, as
presented.
CHAIR STEDMAN objected for the purpose of discussion.
10:04:08 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 10:04 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
10:05:13 AM
DAVID TEAL, Director, Legislative Finance Division, stated that
RPL 10-9-5001, DNR, EVOS Outreach is a request by DNR for
authorization to spend $140,712, provided by the EVOS Trust, so
that staff and the parks management and access allocation can
develop an outreach program for the thirtieth anniversary of
EVOS. He stated that this would be one-time funding, it would
have no impact on future budgets, and existing positions would
perform the work. Mr. Teal said Legislative Finance has no
issues with the RPL but notes this is a new fund source for the
parks allocation, and sending money through the Alaska
Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) - the typical recipient of
EVOS money - was "possible but not necessary." He said DNR
responded to the comment by saying that setting up a request for
application (RFA) would add administrative work to both
agencies, with no improvement in results, a statement with which
the Legislative Finance Division agreed. He said the
Legislative Finance Division has noted that Legislative Budget
and Audit Committee members may wish to ask the agency about
money freed by using the trust money to replace DNR's normal
funding sources. He said the agency responded to that issue to
the satisfaction of the Legislative Finance Division.
Notwithstanding that, he offered his understanding that the
director of [the Division of Support Services], within DNR, was
available on line to answer questions.
10:06:58 AM
SENATOR MACKINNON asked what would be done with the displaced
money.
10:07:23 AM
FABIENNE PETER-CONTESSE, Director, Central Office, Division of
Support Services, Department of Natural Resources (DNR),
answered as follows:
We have four positions that are working in that unit;
two will be partially funded by the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Funding. ... Two of the positions are currently
100 percent soft funded, so they have [capital
improvement project] (CIP) receipts, interagency
receipts, and statutory designated program receipt
funding. That's all soft funding, so ... we are
generally looking for money for those positions
throughout the year. That may be realizable revenue.
The other two positions: One is 75 percent soft
funded, and the other 25 percent is general fund
program receipts in the parks components. And the
fourth position is 60 percent soft funded [and] 40
percent general fund program receipts. So, there is
not necessarily actual money for those positions that
will be displaced. As I mentioned, we're always
looking for soft funding to fund those positions
throughout the year.
10:09:14 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON restated the motion that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee approve RPL 10-9-5001,
Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Outreach, as presented.
10:09:40 AM
SENATOR VON IMHOF objected. She indicated that through a
different position she holds, she learned that there is a
proposal that the EVOS Fund be absorbed by the Alaska Community
Foundation. She said she would like to verify that information
and find out how far along the process is before the committee
approves the RPL, because [the proposal] could change how the
fund is being managed and how grants are processed.
10:10:41 AM
MS. PETER-CONTESSE said she was not aware of the EVOS Trust fund
being absorbed by any foundation. She said the funding has been
approved by the trustee council and via court order 69, which
has been weighed in on by DOL and is "in line with how the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Trust fund should be spent." She reiterated
that she is not aware of any other change in how the fund is
managed.
10:11:33 AM
SENATOR MACKINNON recollected that during the last legislative
session's capital budget process, the legislature "removed a
request for use of these funds, because there was an issue with
whether people were competing fairly for the funds." She added,
"Those that are in control of these funds have suggested these
are the funds that we've denied before."
10:12:05 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN asked Senator Von Imhof if she maintained her
objection.
10:12:11 AM
SENATOR VON IMHOF answered no.
[The previous objection by Chair Stedman for discussion purposes
was treated as withdrawn.]
CHAIR STEDMAN asked Senator Von Imhof to look at her concerns
and get back to him regarding them.
10:12:37 AM
SENATOR MACKINNON said she would not be returning to the
legislature in January; therefore, she encouraged committee
members to consider how EVOS Trust fund money is being spent to
benefit Alaska. She explained that although some of the fund
has been used to restore damaged property in coastal areas that
were impacted by EVOS, for example, some has been spent to fund
federal jobs that are blocking development in some areas of
Alaska. She acknowledged the committee may want to cooperate
and collaborate regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) issues; however, she has observed "a greater dependency
on moving the funds from the State of Alaska to fund federal
employees."
10:13:54 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN said that is a good point that should be passed on
to a future chair.
10:14:06 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN asked if there was any further objection to the
motion to approve RPL 10-9-5001, DNR, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Outreach as presented. There being none, it was so ordered.
^APPROVAL OF SPECIAL AUDIT REQUEST
APPROVAL OF SPECIAL AUDIT REQUEST
10:14:14 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be
the approval of a special audit request - Medicaid Eligibility
and Recertification.
10:14:28 AM
RANDY RUARO, Staff, Senator Bert Stedman, Alaska State
Legislature, addressed the special audit request, which he said
was dated October 3, 2018, and developed with the assistance of
the auditor, with subject matter relating to eligibility and
recertification of individuals for Medicaid and Children's
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits. He related that this
is a large program with a great number of beneficiaries and
enrollees. He stated, "Alaska also has a very high migratory
population, so we have ... tens of thousands of residents moving
in and tens of thousands of people coming in every year, which
is important to track and make sure the program's being provided
to those ... who are truly eligible."
MR. RUARO advised that the purpose of the audit is to delve into
how the department is doing in terms of determining eligibility
and recertification to check whether the department's actions
are timely and proper documentation is being done. He said the
fifth bullet point in the audit extends to best practices. He
said he learned from those with expertise in Medicaid
eligibility that there is a significant disparity between
"states that do a very good job in terms of Medicaid eligibility
and states that have larger error rates and maybe aren't using
the best practices." He suggested the audit would look not only
at the numbers related to how agencies are doing but also at
what best practices are working to keep error rates down in
other states and how DHSS could use that information. The audit
serves the legislatures oversight and should, in the end,
provide helpful information for the department to comply with
the federal audit. He said errors found through the federal
audit can result in penalties levied against the state program.
10:17:25 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON offered his understanding that 20
positions were added in the last year to deal with backlog. He
asked if the audit would reflect prior to and following the
addition of those positions.
MR. RUARO responded that he thinks that would be a good way to
proceed with the audit, and he said the language of the request
is broad enough to do so.
10:18:35 AM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,
Legislative Agencies and Offices, stated her intent to "start in
the spring of next year." She would be looking at fiscal year
2019 (FY 19). She said, "I would like to coordinate it with our
federal compliance requirement and testing that program to get
the most maximum benefit from the audit." She said the division
would be looking at FY 19 perhaps going back to FY 18. She
stated that the intent would not be to look at whether the added
positions affected the error rate. She said she is not sure the
division could ever really identify that as a cause and effect.
Instead, the division would be looking at sampling and would
contract out that sample work to an expert. It would also ask
the expert to look at best practices of well-performing states
and apply those to the State of Alaska. Further, the audit
would come up with error rates regarding funds spent
inappropriately or inaccurately on ineligible recipients to
quantify the impact to the state. She said unless she received
specific direction, she would not focus on the impact of
specific position control numbers (PCNs) to the error rate.
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON said he thinks it would be important for
the committee to know whether the extra positions created were
effective in "timeliness compliance."
MS. CURTIS said she thinks the audit would indicate whether
there has been improvement in terms of addressing the backlog of
work, and the division would be doing inquiries and "know
whether it's making a difference," but she does not think the
division would have enough time to quantify the difference. She
said the audit report certainly would include whether or not the
department is moving in the right direction.
10:23:05 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSTON remarked that best practices would be in
the audit. She said Code for America has chosen the State of
Alaska as one of its five pilot states for benefits and is
"currently working here with the department on this." She asked
Ms. Curtis if the Legislative Audit Division would be assessing
the value that [Code for America] is bringing to the department,
as well as assessing "the department's coordination and
participation with Code for America" to determine whether the
state is "getting the best of what we can out of the whole
process." In response to Ms. Curtis, she explained that Code
for America has "changed [the] application process from 'this'
to an iPhone." She added, "In doing so, they've also increased
the accountability, the efficiency, and [the] effectiveness of
the whole program." She indicated that she was involved in
bringing [Code for America] to Alaska. She said she wanted to
raise awareness of this as the auditor considers best practices,
and she wants "to make sure that ... the division is working
well in being part of this opportunity."
10:25:23 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ said she knows that recommendations
come out of an audit. Nevertheless, she said she wanted to
state the obvious that there are challenges ahead and the
committee looks to the recommendations from the Legislative
Audit Division as to whether objectives are not being met and
what can be done about that.
10:26:21 AM
SENATOR MACKINNON said she supports the request for an audit,
but she has concerns. She said DHSS has not always been
cooperative in allowing auditors access to information -
sometimes that has been because a change in systems was
occurring and "it was difficult for them to react." She asked
Ms. Curtis if she thinks the division will get the cooperation
it needs in order to "appropriately look at the issues that
we're trying to quantify."
10:27:11 AM
MS. CURTIS answered that she expects 100 percent compliance from
the department. She said the division is currently auditing
Medicaid and CHIP and all the other major federal programs for
FY 18, and the division has had no issues with DHSS.
SENATOR MACKINNON asked if DHSS was the department that was
responsible for the Legislative Audit Division not being able to
report to the federal government on time last year.
MS. CURTIS responded that issues faced last year had much to do
with outside auditors.
SENATOR MACKINNON asked, "Are we certified?"
MS. CURTIS said she has been told that the State of Alaska is
certified, although she does not know if the actual
documentation has yet been received. She suggested that is an
excellent question for the department.
SENATOR MACKINNON said the committee has been told before by the
department that it was in compliance and waiting for the
paperwork, only to then receive a list of five to fifteen errors
pending. She said there is a 5-10 percent rebate that the state
is looking for as it does the Medicaid expansion, "with those
numbers of having 100 percent coverage from those who might
access ... from our tribal communities." She said that is a
dollar amount that the committee should be watching for which is
in the millions - "a small rebate for the efforts that the
governor and this administration put forward in expanding those
services out." She concluded, "There's a rebate that you should
be looking for in the millions of dollars if they are, in fact,
complying, and it was a request that they had to make for [the]
standing of the system."
10:29:57 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN suggested the committee could send a formal letter
to [DHSS] so it would get a formal response. He said both the
House and Senate Finance Committees would want that information.
SENATOR MACKINNON proffered, "Part of the problem is that the
legislature - from the department's position - short-funded them
$50 million." She expressed concern that some members in the
Senate expected the department to reduce its spending by that
amount. She said she has seen something from the Legislative
Finance Division regarding the shortfalls that the legislature
will face based on the administration. She urged Chair Stedman
to send the letter. She offered her understanding that [the
committee] had been waiting three years, not four. She
acknowledged there are challenges. She talked about the
challenges of keeping up with information technology (IT) and
switching systems. She indicated that it is "a hidden cost to
everything we do."
10:31:52 AM
SENATOR VON IMHOF stated that with Medicaid expansion of 2015,
followed by a 2016-2017 economic recession, the role of Medicaid
expanded to over 220,000 people, and the backlog worsened;
therefore, she opined it is important to address the backlog.
She pointed out that there are two types of audits. There is an
audit in arrears to determine what has been going on in 2018 and
in the past, and there are "audits potentially that can move
forward." She explained that Alaska is not alone in its
Medicaid eligibility backlog. She said the Foundation for
Government Accountability developed draft legislation a few
years ago related to eligibility verification called "the Hope
Act." The States of Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Missouri have
passed legislation under which they hire third-party vendors to
help clean up their Medicaid eligibility backlog; they negotiate
"pay for performance" contracts. The third-party vendors
process all files, and, during the process, they audit the
files, ensure they are complete, and then hand them back to the
state for final approval. Senator Von Imhof said this allows
the state to focus on offering services to Medicaid recipients.
She said other states have reported tens of millions, if not
hundreds of millions, in savings.
SENATOR VON IMHOF questioned whether 20 employees were actually
added in the area of Medicaid eligibility. She said she knows
20 employees were added to the Office of Children's Services
(OCS) case management. She said she had the list at hand and
could provide that information in a few minutes. She questioned
if it made sense to do two audits, one audit in arrears and
another audit looking forward in the event that the legislature
wants to look Medicaid eligibility. She asked, "Would we be
killing two birds with one stone by doing a moving-forward audit
instead of an in arrears audit or doing both for that matter?"
10:35:01 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN opined that the in arrears audit would be more
applicable. He mentioned Senator Von Imhoff's having expressed
that the issue may be ripe for discussion in front of the
legislature, in terms of possible statute changes and
restructuring and "to work with the audit process and figure the
audit outcome." He continued:
I mean, when there's legislation that winds up with a
particular audit problem, ... the probability of the
legislation going through the system builds up
substantially. So, ... my recommendation is we go
down the pathway of dealing with this audit; we have
discussion of a potential structuring and try to
coincide the analytical work with the outcome of the
audit, because it's going to take some time for the
audit and take some time to actually do the bill work,
so we have ... a higher likelihood that we have a
successful outcome, whatever that outcome is.
MS. CURTIS said she thinks one of the potential downfalls of
moving forward with an audit in arrears is that "people may want
to just stop and simply wait for the audit results before moving
forward, thereby delaying action on this very significant
backlog problem," which would result in people continuing to not
be eligible for Medicaid and the state paying for those who
should not be eligible. Waiting for the audit to finish could
potentially cause a delay of a year or more. Conversely,
choosing a forward-looking audit and using a third-party vendor
would lessen the chance of the argument stating, "We need to
address this sooner rather than later, and this is our best
bet."
CHAIR STEDMAN opined that "we should move forward with the audit
and then continue this discussion on how we're going to come up
with a solution." He said it is difficult to get legislation
through the system; therefore, the more the problem and solution
are lined up, the higher the probability is in coming up with a
solution rather than just holding "internal discussion that goes
nowhere in the legislature."
10:37:26 AM
SENATOR MACKINNON offered her understanding that two years ago
legislation was passed which directed the department to hire a
contractor "to do exactly what Senator Von Imhoff is saying."
She continued:
If we're going to write a letter to the department, we
should ask them the status on that, because ... [an]
inquiry during last session [revealed that] they still
had not brought on that contractor and still were not
doing what the legislature had directed them to do.
SENATOR MACKINNON said she had heard the name Maximus [Health
Care], and she cautioned that hiring outside contractors "looks
really nice up front," and contractors tell the state that
hiring will result in savings, "and then you look at what
happened when we inserted something like that several years ago
in the permanent fund." She said the Permanent Fund
[Corporation] has been doing a good job managing the fund and
looking for fraud, "and so, the money that we invested with the
contractor did not reap the benefits that were sold to the
legislature in putting in that contractor." She said paying for
performance, as mentioned by Senator Von Imhoff, would be a
different tack than the legislature has taken in previous years.
She recommended looking at the budget from two years ago,
because the department has not hired the contractor the
legislature asked it to hire.
SENATOR STEDMAN said the committee would send the letter to the
department to "flush that issue out," then continue the
discussion to find a fruitful outcome. He surmised that the
language to which Senator MacKinnon referred would help Senator
Von Imhoff put "a finer point on what needs to be done to move
forward."
10:39:50 AM
SENATOR BISHOP said he concurs with everyone's comments. He
opined that the audit needs to go forward to develop a working
relationship with the department. He said he can also see
another audit following this one "for all the reasons that we've
talked about here." He said he thinks the audit would "help the
department streamline the execution of their mission."
10:40:38 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN, regarding the previous comments of Senator Von
Imhoff, recommended looking at the language that was in the
budget a couple years ago and then having discussions outside of
committee on the structure of a forward-looking audit, in an
attempt to come up with [a solution]. He recognized the
financial challenge of a delay. He opined that "the intended
direction" is good, and he advised the committee to "line up our
ducks and then execute."
10:41:33 AM
SENATOR GIESSEL said she appreciates the audit. She said audits
take time, and the committee gives Ms. Curtis a huge amount of
work to do. She said the issue to which Senator Von Imhoff
referred was discussed at a national meeting about two weeks ago
"as best practices." She said the states that have hired
[Gundersen Health System] to conduct surveillance of eligibility
are doing well. She encouraged [the committee] to put forward
legislation or somehow move "in that positive direction." She
stated, "We don't have to keep reinventing the wheel when other
states have found answers to these questions." She said she
supports and can substantiate "what Senator Von Imhoff has
shared."
10:42:41 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON asked Mr. Ruaro if the figure of 86
percent increase includes expansion population or is independent
of it.
10:42:54 AM
MR. RUARO answered that it includes the expansion population.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON offered his understanding that the
state has spent $20 million out of the general fund (GF) for
Medicaid expansion, and the state has received $960 million,
which he called "a great deal" that has got to be good for the
economy of the state. He asked Ms. Curtis if the audit would
"segregate the numbers" to make apparent whether "someone is
ineligible as an expansion population vis a vis a regular
population."
10:43:47 AM
MS. CURTIS answered that it had never crossed her mind whether
there would need to be any distinction between Medicaid
expansion and regular Medicaid. She said, "The focus would be
on the determination of eligibility and whether they were using
all the tools they're required to use to determine eligibility,"
such as best practice tools and timeliness. Regarding Medicaid
expansion and regular Medicaid, she said, "I don't anticipate us
differentiating the population."
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON acknowledged that his understanding of
this is rudimentary. He proffered that in terms of expansion,
"you're looking at just importunity and inability to afford
'Obama Care.' In the other you might be looking at disability.
And so, the eligibility determination might be really a
different thing." He said he would like the audit to "get into
that."
MS. CURTIS said the Legislative Audit Division could, in a
sample, identify different factors in the population to
determine whether there are any correlations between errors,
"the focus being on ... determinations by [DHSS] staff in the
obstacles and challenges." She added that the division could
try to find any other "nuances in the population."
10:45:42 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON noted that the National Conference of
State Legislatures (NCSL) had just published an article showing
that in those states that have used independent contractors for
enrolling, the result was an increase in the cost to the state
by two to three times. He suggested the need to consider the
financial implications, if the committee were to get into "the
conversation for legislation."
10:47:09 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the special audit request for Medicaid
eligibility as presented. There being no objection, it was so
ordered.
10:47:25 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN stated that the committee would have discussion
about applicable legislation and the work that can be done
toward a solution, as brought up by Senator Von Imhoff.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
10:47:54 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be
executive session.
10:48:04 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee go into executive session under Uniform Rule 22
of the Alaska Legislature and AS 24.20.301. The purpose of the
executive session would be to consider the final audits of the
Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development (DCCED)
- Board of Marine Pilots, sunset, and the following preliminary
audits: DCCED, Board of Barbers and Hairdressers, sunset;
DCCED, Board of Dental Examiners, sunset; DCCED, Board of
Nursing, sunset; DCCED, Suicide Prevention Council, sunset; DNR,
Matanuska Maid Property Disposal; and Department of
Administration (DOA), Statewide Single Audit, fiscal year 2015
(FY 15), reissue.
10:48:24 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN named the following individuals allowed to remain
in the room for executive session: the legislative auditor and
staff; necessary staff for Legislative Audit; any legislators
not on the committee; and staff for members of the committee.
[There being no objection, the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee entered into executive session.]
10:48:58 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 10:49 a.m. to 11:33 a.m.
11:32:46 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN brought the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
back to order at 11:33 a.m. Present at the call back to order
were Representatives Seaton, Spohnholz, Johnston, Ortiz
(alternate, via teleconference), and Josephson and Senators
MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, Von Imhof (alternate), and Stedman.
^OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
11:34:02 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the final order of business would
be other committee business.
11:34:16 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the release of the final audit for the
Board of Marine Pilots. There being no objection, it was so
ordered.
11:34:35 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the release of the following preliminary
audits to the appropriate agencies for response: the Board of
Barbers and Hairdressers; the Board of Dental Examiners; the
Board of Nursing; the Suicide Prevention Council; the Matanuska
Maid Property Disposal; and the Statewide Single Audit for FY
15, re-issue. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
11:35:22 AM
CHAIR STEDMAN said the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
would consider meeting in mid-December.
11:35:59 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
11:36 a.m.
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