This report covers the responses House Insurance received for their RFI on Charge #3, relating to monitoring the State Auditor’s review of programs under the committee’s jurisdiction. The RFI for this charge can be found here and a complete list of responses can be found here.

 

The HillCo report below is a summary of information intended to give you an overview and highlight of the various topics included in the responses. This report does not cover the entirety of each response, but aims to provide an overview of the testimony submitted.

 

State Auditor’s Office Report

  • Provides a list of the following reports that may be of interest to the committee:
  • SAO Audit Report No. 20-010 Analysis of Quality Assurance Team Projects
    • Entities included in the report: TDI, HHSC, TXDMV, TWC, and DSHS
  • SAO Audit Report No. 20-009 Performance Measures at the Office of Public Insurance Counsel
  • SAO Audit Report No. 19-033 Financial Transactions Associated with the Suspension of Operations of the Texas Health Reinsurance System

 

Letter from the State Auditor’s Office

  • Audit reports from FY 2019 and 2020 may impact interim charges
  • Currently completing audits in FY 2020 audit plan that may be of interest; will follow up with committee

 

Texas Department of Insurance

  • No SAO audits of TDI were completed in FY 2019-2020
  • SAO Audit Report No. 18-039 said TDI had “adequate controls” to ensure it processed revenues for conducting financial examinations
    • And processed expenditures in accordance with “applicable” requirements