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A March 2011 report by Governor 's Chief Inspector General, Melinda , indicated: "The state had no system or standards to assure that per-client community care was cheaper than services in an institutional setting, and this may have contributed to budget overruns." The report concludes APD provided client services without concern for available dollars and, "There are no financial controls to assure approved client cost plans match the amount available to APD to provide the services." 's report went on to say that: "This disconnect has resulted in authorization of expenditures in excess of the amounts authorized to carry out the HCBS waiver program and may have violated Section 216.311,F.S., which provides that no agency or branch of state government shall contract to spend, or enter into any agreement to spend, any moneys in excess of the amount appropriated to such agency unless specifically authorized by law." Also, lawmakers have recently acknowledged that: "While APD may have poorly managed payments to hundreds of contracted, private caregivers, the legislature may be at fault by underestimating state needs."