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The Criminal Justice Information Authority was asked about
accounting issues, site visits, and other issues and what they
are currently doing to fix the issues in the audit.
State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Streamwood, asked what was occurring
during these site visits, but representatives from ICJIA failed
to give a clear answer.
"What's the purpose of these site visits, number one and number
two, I believe the response from the agency is that the agency
feels this is an ambitious site visit policy," Crespo asked.
"Again, I am a little taken aback. This was a simple question
that could not be answered."
Executive Director Delrise Adams said they set up site visits
for newer facilities, but staffing issues have held them back.
"Depending on the if its a new grant agency, we will do a site
visit within the first year of the contract, but if its an
agency that has had ICJIA funding over a period of time, then
that agency is down the pipeline in terms of their site visits,"
Adams said.
Darryl Williams, who is the Chief Financial Officer for ICJIA,
did not attend the hearing due to a family vacation.
The commission also met with the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services to review the status of implementing changes
suggested in their audits.
According to Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, DHS has
been asked to fix issues within its Medicaid system.
"At a minimum, the audit is to review the prompt furnacing of
Medicaid long-term care services, the timely determination of
eligibility, the accuracy and completeness of the monthly
reports, the process for making eligibility determinations, and
any issues related to the agency making eligibility
determinations," Mautino said.
Theresa Eagleson, director of the agency, says they have made
significant progress in implementing changes.
"Since the time period covered by the audit, we have made
significant improvement in processing applications for Medicaid
long-term care services and eliminated the application backlog
entirely," Eagleson said.
DHS is the highest-funded state agency in Illinois.
Andrew Hensel reports on issues in Chicago and
Statewide. He has been with The Center Square News since April
of 2021 and was previously with The Joliet Slammers
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