ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new legislative audit has found that Maryland’s Office of Personnel Services and Benefits (OPSB) failed to stop millions of dollars in improper health-benefit payments, did not ensure payroll accuracy across state agencies, and continued longstanding issues flagged in prior reviews.
The Office of Legislative Audits examined OPSB’s operations from November 2021 through February 2025 and concluded that the personnel agency lacked effective safeguards to verify employee eligibility, enforce premium payments, and monitor overtime costs. The audit was released in December 2025.
The findings come as Maryland has faced months of critical state audits across multiple agencies, including recent reviews uncovering unresolved investment fee verification at the State Retirement Agency, oversight gaps in more than $8.5 billion in exempt spending, questionable expenditures at the state tax agency, and failures that may have placed children in homes of registered sex offenders…