Over the past decade, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has bungled several major contracts that totaled nearly $2 billion, and despite public blowups and calls for reform, problems persist in part because of a lack of accountability in Texas’ fragmented purchasing system.The massive health agency’s problems extend well beyond the unfolding 21CT no-bid contract scandal. Officials acknowledged to a state Senate panel last week that they don’t know for certain how much the agency has paid to private companies or how many contracts are active.
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