Finding: The Health Care Authority did not have adequate controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure payments to providers for the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services were allowable and met period of performance requirements. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # ...
Finding: The Health Care Authority did not have adequate controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure payments to providers for the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services were allowable and met period of performance requirements. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.958 93.958 COVID-19 Amount $8,668,982 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Authority partially concurs with the audit recommendations. The Authority will: ? Maintain all supporting documentation used to calculate the year-end accrual transactions. ? Maintain a workbook to calculate estimated expenditures to be accrued for the fiscal year. The Authority will continue to review payments for allowability and ensure they occur within the grant period. The period of performance of the grant extends beyond the end of the state?s fiscal year. Invoices for the program continue to be received after fiscal year end and the cut-off date for reporting on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. The Authority does not concur with the questioned costs and will verify with the grantor that questioned costs do not need to be repaid. Completion Date: Estimated September 2023 Agency Contact: William Sogge, CPA External Audit Liaison PO Box 45502 Olympia, WA 98504-5502 (360) 725-5110 william.sogge@hca.wa.gov