Coordinated Program Audits of Local Authorities

Sec. 534.111. COORDINATED PROGRAM AUDITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. (a) The executive commissioner shall coordinate with each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to prescribe procedures for a coordinated program audit of the authority. The procedures must be: (1) consistent with the requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority; and (2) based on risk assessment. (b) A program audit must evaluate: (1) the extent to which a local intellectual and developmental disability authority is achieving the results or benefits established by an agency or department of the state or by the legislature; (2) the effectiveness of the authority's organization, program, activities, or functions; and (3) the authority's compliance with law. (c) A program audit of a local intellectual and developmental disability authority must be performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed under this section. (d) The department may not implement a procedure for a program audit under this section without the approval of the executive commissioner. (e) This section does not prohibit an agency, department, or other entity providing funding to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority from investigating a complaint against the authority or performing additional contract monitoring of the authority. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.