(WBFF) — A new report by the Office of Legislative Audits found that the state has not been reimbursed for $1.4 billion in expenditures at the Department of Health.

The report indicates there was poor documentation for a variety of spending, which ultimately led to the lack of reimbursement from the federal government.

The audit looked at spending between February 2019 to June 2022.

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In response, Health Department Secretary Laura Scott wrote, “we have engaged an external accounting firm to support the Department’s efforts to improve fiscal practices in several areas identified by the Office of Legislative Audits (OLA) in this report, particularly as it relates to properly leveraging federal funds.”