Video & Transcript Research : 'efficiency audit'

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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We can always stop and take all the time you need, but that may happen a little bit efficiently.
  • We can always stop and take all the time you need, but just that may happen a little bit efficiently.
Bills: SB771, SB2345, HB135, HB135
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2026

Judiciary

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  • These reports are to be posted online by the Department of Audit by December 31st of each year.
  • posted online by the department of audit posted online by the department of audit by<00:09:51.680
  • due to the department of audit. due to the department of audit. on<00:10:11.360> page<00:
  • Since I began department of audit.
  • Justin Chavis, Director of the Department of Audit.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • across state efficient services across state government. government. government.
  • So, that's rare, but that can go through that and also through audits.
  • If you look at this, so through collections, through audits, here are the dollars.
  • If you look at this, so through collections, through audits, here are the dollars.
  • , specialized internal audit, specialized internal audit, investigation,<01:28:56.960> or<
Bills: HF1338
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • Chair, I was looking through some audit reports last night.
  • This is from an audit report from Auditor Blaha.
  • Chair, I was looking through some audit reports last night.
  • This is from an audit report from Auditor Blaha.
  • Swift County and in 2012 their audit Swift County and in 2012 their audit cost<01:13:47.000>
KY
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  • It's not a forensic audit. It's not an operational audit.
  • :36.720> would CPA or audit of public accounts would CPA or audit of public accounts would do.
  • It's not a forensic audit. It's not do. It's not a forensic audit.
  • is desired, a full replication, a spot audit of the data, or a level three audit.
  • of the data or a level uh a spot audit of the data or a level three<00:15:20.480> audit.
Summary: The meeting began with quorum, approval of the prior minutes, and an announcement that the June meeting had been canceled and replaced by this combined May/June meeting; the next official PPOB meeting was announced for July 21 at 2:30. Staff then gave an overview of the Public Pension Oversight Board’s required actuarial audit process, explaining that House Bill 238 requires a review every five years of the retirement systems’ actuarial assumptions and methods, funded by the systems themselves. The presentation distinguished this audit from a financial or forensic audit, described the three possible audit levels (full replication, limited/spot review, or basic review), and noted that the last audit in 2021 was a level one performed by Milleman Consulting at a cost of about $190,000. Members discussed timing for the next audit cycle, with a request to LRC likely needed in July or August to target the June 30, 2026 valuation, and several members expressed interest in another level one review. Questions also addressed whether prior audits found major issues; staff said the 2021 review was generally clean but recommended more consistency in reporting and assumptions across systems. The committee then welcomed new staff and interns, including Odet Guanzi of KPPPA and Team Kentucky intern Amamira Bowman. Bo Barnes of the Teachers Retirement System presented an overview of the statutory framework for reemployment after retirement under KRS 161.605. He explained that the law is intended to let retirees return to help with staffing needs, do so in an actuarially sound way through required contributions, and keep TRS compliant with federal tax rules for a qualified plan under section 401(a). Barnes described the required breaks in service and earnings limits for retirees returning part-time or full-time, including the three-month or 12-month break depending on the employer, the 6,900-day limit, and the daily wage threshold based on years of service. He also noted a lightly used critical shortage program that allows school districts to hire retirees without a wage cap, while still observing the break-in-service rules. Members asked questions about who decides the scope and level of the actuarial audit, how the audit would treat leave balances and other benefit-related items, and whether the prior level one audit identified substantial problems. Staff said the committee would request the audit, but LRC would handle contracting, and that the audit scope could include items like sick leave and annual leave costs if requested. On the reemployment topic, Barnes emphasized that the rules are designed to avoid pre-arranged retire-and-return arrangements that could jeopardize TRS’s tax-qualified status. No formal votes were taken beyond approving the minutes, and the meeting concluded with the presentations and discussion of these pension oversight issues.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • I was one of the audit directors on the audit, along with Mark Mat.
  • audits.
  • audits.
  • audit or that audit realize we see this audit or that audit um<00:57:44.319> I've<00:57:44.480
  • <01:15:15.280> look an audit works I mean our audits look an audit works I mean our audits
Bills: HF1060, HF1062
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 12th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • So currently we have an auditing firm that every year the city's financials are audited.
  • So, from an audit standpoint, the cooperative is audited every single year. a financial audit similar
  • Annually audited is it is that fun audited?
  • A spirit of efficiency, efficiency, you know.
  • It's not very efficient.
Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB675, HB10, HB12
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

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  • And they do currently to go and audit and make sure that we're not paying more than we should in terms
  • So there are many ideas of reform, but without actually a good audit.
  • Their responsibility to audit.
  • But an outside audit, as Representative Oliverson said, you know, requires different reforms to it so
  • So, so this bill. by clarifying, allowing greater audit capabilities.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Mar 11th, 2025

Human Services

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  • Um, I will point out that the existence of the interstate compact is really to really around efficiency
  • the Office of Inspector General flexibility in how it receives fraud reports, ensuring the more efficient
  • The research to determine whether it's cost-efficient and cost-effective and medically appropriate is
  • Um, the requirement for cost efficiency doesn't necessarily mean cost savings.
  • Um, in terms of our initial assessment, it has to be cost-efficient, um, or, and, and neutral in our
HI
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  • provides<01:41:31.720> for<01:41:31.840> a<01:41:31.880> more<01:41:32.080> efficient
  • proposal provides for a more efficient proposal provides for a more efficient uh<01:41:32.920>
  • I agree that this proposal provides for a more efficient process for hospitals as well as the DOH.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.