State Health Department faces unexplained cash crisis
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October 26, 2017
Jeff Raymond, Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma State Health Department building.
The effort comes as the department has ordered furloughs of some employees and called in State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones for a special audit of its finances. Earlier this week, the department announced cuts to several contracted services, including programs to prevent child abuse.
The shortfall is so severe that the department activated its incident command structure, a management response typically used for public health emergencies, such as outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus or food contamination cases.
At board meetings in June and July, department leaders provided financial...
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