A Report on Contract Administration for the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System
May 2004
Report Number 04-034
Overall Conclusion
Changes to the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) prevent us from completing our audit objectives as established by our 2003 audit plan at this time. However, our preliminary work identified potential issues and risks in all phases of contract administration. This preliminary work has not been subjected to all the tests and verifications of an audit. On September 1, 2003, responsibility for TIERS began transferring from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) as a result of the consolidation of health and human services agencies. As part of this transition, HHSC reports that it is re-evaluating TIERS's core functions and is terminating or extending related contracts. At this time, we cannot determine these changes' effect on TIERS's budget, time line, and functionality, which are the project elements our audit objectives were to address.
According to DHS, $210 million was spent on TIERS between September 1999 and February 2004. DHS estimates that the amount expended since September 1999 will reach $296 million by October 2005, which makes TIERS Texas's largest information technology project currently in development.
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