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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6066
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1763
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
REP. CASE, 63rd Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING A LEGISLATIVE REPORT AND
INFORMATIONAL HEARING CONCERNING THE MOST RECENT
AUDITORS' REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That (1) the Commissioner of Developmental Services be required to 1
submit a report to the General Assembly outlining the department's 2
efforts to address the findings contained in the report issued by the 3
Auditors of Public Accounts examining the department's operations for 4
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, and (2) the joint 5
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 6
matters relating to government oversight shall hold an informational 7
hearing on the commissioner's report with the goals of identifying (A) 8
what internal controls the department should implement to ensure that 9
-the department promptly performs its mortality reviews and 10
documents the reasons for any delay in such review, (B) what internal 11
controls and monitoring efforts may be implemented by the department 12
to ensure the prompt completion and adequate documentation of abuse 13
and neglect investigations, (C) means by which the department may 14 Proposed Bill No. 6066
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better monitor its employees assigned to workers' compensation light 15
duty to ensure that such employees do not earn overtime while working 16
in a limited capacity, (D) a course of action for the department to address 17
any other shortcomings identified in the Auditors' report, and (E) the 18
extent to which the shortcomings identified in the Auditors' report were 19
caused by the negligent acts or omissions of department leadership, staff 20
or contractors. 21
Statement of Purpose:
To require (1) the Department of Developmental Services to submit a
report concerning the department's efforts to address the finding
contained in the most recent report by the Auditors of Public Accounts,
and (2) a legislative informational hearing to be held on such report.