Lawmakers weigh next steps for addressing Md. health department's fraught financials following state audit - Maryland Matters

Lawmakers weigh next steps for addressing Md. health department's fraught financials following state audit - Maryland Matters

After a scathing audit of Maryland’s health department revealed a “pervasive lack if documentation” and other issues of financial oversight, Maryland lawmakers held a hearing to try to get to the bottom of exactly what went wrong, and how much money the state may lose out on as a result. Following the meeting, a multitude of unanswered questions remain regarding exactly how much money was mismanaged at the Department of Health, how large of a de…