MARYLAND MATTERS
OCTOBER 23, 2025
A legislative panel on Wednesday signaled an interest in making changes to dozens of professional oversight boards housed within the Maryland Department of Health, after complaining of a lack of accountability and repeat findings on the boards by auditors.
Members of the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee noted that some findings by their audit team go back decades. Legislative Auditor Brian S. Tanen said the findings, published in April, point to a lack of accountability when it comes to boards rectifying deficiencies found in previous audits.
In two cases, the findings were more than 20 years old.
“One board implements, another one doesn’t. It becomes challenging, because each one of them are sort of responsible for setting up their own controls in each of the areas that are put in this report,” Tanen said. “Sometimes they get together … and address some of the controls or some of the processes.”
Tanen said there is “no one single person” who is responsible or accountable for the plethora of findings “which is both challenging on our end and importantly for the department in implementing the recommendations.”
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