Audit finds state workers mismanaging money and fabricating documents to cover their tracks

The nonpartisan Office of the Legislative Auditor found that the Behavioral Health Administration hadn’t fixed problems revealed in its 2021 audit.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Another sobering report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor — this one concerning the Behavioral Health Administration within the Department of Human Services, which issues grants to providers treating mental health and drug and alcohol addiction, close to $200 million each year.

The nonpartisan OLA found many examples of BHA mismanaging taxpayer money and then fabricating documents to try to cover their tracks in a “systemic effort.”…

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