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The bipartisan Legislative Audit Commission met Tuesday in
Springfield to review audits for the Illinois Environmental
Agency, Governors State University and CMS. The commission meets
monthly.
State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, took the opportunity to
address ghost networks for state employee health plans.
“If I recall correctly, our esteemed governor had an entire
point in his budget address last year about ghost networks, and
yet ghost networks popped up in both the Delta dental offerings
in my world and also, quite frankly, popped up again in the
primary health care insurance,” Rose said.
One audit finding was the number of boards and commissions that
aren’t fully constituted. Officials with the agency said they
don’t control board appointments. State Rep. Amy Elik recognized
the conundrum.
“OK, so again, you're sort of getting dinged on something that
you don't have any control,” Elik said.
Auditors said they also note others responsible for appointing
board and commission members get audit findings for vacancies.
The agency manages the website for boards and commissions, which
show 371 bodies, many of which have vacancies.
Another audit finding for CMS highlighted employee performance
evaluations, which were not conducted in a timely fashion, a
repeated finding. Raven DeVaughn is director of CMS.
“The loud part unsaid is they're not tied to anything,” DeVaughn
told the commission. “So there's not a different mechanism or
motivation. Besides, yet another thing we have to do.”
Elik said she appreciated DeVaughn’s candor.
“I greatly appreciate your brutal honesty with that. Thank you
very much,” Elik said. “I've always felt that you were very,
very forthcoming and honest on those realities of how a state
government is done.”
The two year audit through 2023 has 10 findings, with eight
being repeated findings and two new.
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