New Oklahoma health department leader responds to audit
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May 18, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The official tapped to lead Oklahoma's embattled Department of Health says his office already has implemented some of the recommendations from a scathing multi-county grand jury report that said financial mismanagement led to nearly 200 employees unnecessarily being laid off.
Interim Commissioner of Health Tom Bates released a statement Friday outlining steps he's taken since taking over the agency about two months ago.
Bates said the department is still struggling to find a qualified permanent chief financial officer and controller.
Bates said beyond the nearly 200 employ...
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