State of California: Its Containment of Drug Costs and Management of Medications for Adult Inmates Continue to Require Significant Improvements

State of California: Its Containment of Drug Costs and Management of Medications for Adult Inmates Continue to Require Significant Improvements February 2002 RESULTS IN BRIEF The Department of General Services (General Services) and state agencies such as the Department of Corrections (Corrections) could do more to control the States drug expenditures, which exceeded $135 million in fiscal year 200001. From fiscal year 199697 to fiscal year 200001, annual expenditures for the five state agencies most frequently purchasing drugs increased by more than 200 percent. The average annual increase in purchases during this period was 34.3 percent, a rate that . . .