July 17, 2018      5:55 PM

Audit slams HHSC for inconsistent, incomplete contracting practices

The audit outlines the many challenges former Sen. Williams faces, including significant deficiencies on five procurements totaling well over $3.4 billion

The choice of vendors in contracts worth $4.6 billion out of the Health and Human Services Commission cannot be adequately defended with reliable, accurate and complete information, according to a letter out of State Auditor’s Office today.

The audit, requested by Gov. Greg Abbott, is the worst blow yet for an agency that has seen both procurement management and Abbott’s hand-picked Executive Commissioner Charles Smith depart the agency in recent months under a heavy fog of confusion over the execution of some of the largest contracts in the state.

By Kimberly Reeves

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