March 23, 2026
OLA Report Finds DHS Mismanagement
Friends and Neighbors,
Good afternoon and happy Monday,
Welcome to week 6 at the legislature, where a new report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) was recently released regarding the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ (DHS) handling of fraud within Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) programs. The Walz Administration and Human Services officials have attempted to absolve themselves of blame for the massive increase in billing claims for these autism dollars by falsely claiming that they did not have the legal authority to discontinue payment to the criminal fraudsters. This recent OLA report disproved that assertion and laid bare the nonfeasance by the Walz Administration, which has allowed hundreds of millions of your money to disappear just in this one program. House Republicans will…
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