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While New York implemented some background check requirements established under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act, it had not fully implemented all of the new criminal background check requirements as of October 1, 2018-its deadline for implementing the requirements. New York must enact supporting legislation to make the changes necessary to its current Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program to come into compliance with the CCDBG Act.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

Section 11(d)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to submit to Congress and the President an annual report on the activities of the Integrity Committee. For more informatoin about the Integrity Committee, please visit the link below.

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 required CMS to phase in a Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. In July 2008, mail-order diabetes test strips became part of the Competitive Bidding Program in certain limited areas, and in July 2013, this was expanded to include a National Mail-Order Program for diabetes testing supplies. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) prohibits CMS from awarding contracts in the National Mail-Order Program to a supplier of diabetes test strips if the supplier's bid does not cover at least 50 percent, by volume, of all types of diabetes test strips provided to Medicare beneficiaries. (This is known as the "50 percent rule.") MIPPA requires OIG to determine the market shares of the types of diabetes test strips before each round of bidding to assist CMS in ensuring that bidding suppliers meet the 50-percent rule.