Institutional Federal Compliance Report 2021

NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Single Audit of Federal Programs for State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018

State Agency:

Department of Health

Single Audit Contact:

Lori Conway

Title:

Associate Accountant

Telephone:

518-473-3920

E-mail Address: Lori.Conway@Health.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (CFDA # [s]): Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (93.994) Audit Report Reference: 2018-045 Corrective Action Planned: The Division of Family Health (DFH) obtains data for Form 4 “Number and Percentage of Newborns and Others Screened Cases Confirmed and Treated” from the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center that oversees New York’s Newborn Screening Program. This program screens approximately 230,000 newborns annually for over 45 metabolic disorders. For future applications, Wadsworth will provide DFH with a description of the process used to provide the required data and any supporting documentation that can be easily produced upon audit. The DFH is unable to report the data as requested by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Form 5a “Unduplicated Count of Individuals Served under Title V” and 5b “Total Recipient Count of Individuals Served by Title V”. These forms present a challenge to many states, including New York State, that do not have the ability to deduplicate data and report the data by population as requested. The DFH has shared these challenges with HRSA and the DFH includes the following field note in the application related to these forms. “These data reflect only those served through Title V funded programs approximated by individuals served and service category and does not represent an unduplicated count as New York has no mechanism to collect those data. The population served in these categories is far above these data reported supported through State funding and other sources by New York is unable to capture those data in the format requested.” To address this audit finding, the DFH will clarify with HRSA expectations for completion of these forms. Anticipated Completion Date: These will be addressed by the filing of the FFY 2020 application on July 15, 2019.