Study of the Department of Health's Administration of Contracts for Purchases of Service for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Report No. 95-12

Summary

In our 1992 report, A Study of the Department of Health's Administration of Contracts for Purchases of Service for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Report No. 92-32, we found that contracts and payments to providers of services were often delayed and contract monitoring was inconsistent.  Also, the department needed to develop better estimates of the number of persons with developmental disabilities and improve its consolidated purchase of service program.  In our l995 follow-up Report No 95-12, we found that the department has made progress in most of these areas.  However, the department has not set developed written contract monitoring standards for its divisions as we recommended.