The state will not recognize the “fictional liabilities associated with the Medicaid program,” said Raph Graybill, Gov. Steve Bullock’s chief of staff.
A state audit of the secretary of state’s office covering two fiscal years ending in June 2018 found Stapleton’s travel to his home in Billings violated policy.
Auditors also found officials flew instead of drove to events in eastern Montana in 2018, costing the state about $4,800 more than if the officials had driven.