Researcher: SL Page 1 3/18/25
OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1122
AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AUDITS OF
MEDICAID-FUNDED PROGRAMS BY THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC
ACCOUNTS.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Auditors of Public Accounts to annually
conduct performance audits of at least two Medicaid-funded programs.
The Human Services Committee chairpersons and ranking members
must annually, beginning by December 1, 2025, give the Auditors of
Public Accounts a written list of at least two Medicaid-funded programs
to audit. The auditors must select programs to audit from among this
list annually.
The bill requires administrators of programs being audited to give
the auditors any information the auditors determine necessary. The
auditors must report their findings and recommendations to the
governor, comptroller, and Appropriations and Human Services
committees. The bill also requires the Department of Social Services
commissioner, within 30 days after the audit’s completion, to post a link
to its results and recommendations on the department’s website.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2026, except the provision requiring
the Human Services Committee leaders to provide a list of programs to
be audited is effective July 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Human Services Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 22 Nay 0 (03/04/2025)