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Jumped to 108 rehab centers. >> drew joins me now, with toby douglas, director of the california department of health care services. appreciate you being with us. i want to start with this. in an editorial today, "it's not enough to stop payments to problem clinics as the state appears to be doing now. who at state government or at the county level was responsible for years of lax oversight?" can you answer that question? who was responsible for years of lax oversight? >> anderson, first, thank you for having me on tonight. i can't talk about the past. what i can -- >> why not? >> what i want ...

>> drew joins me now, with toby douglas, director of the california department of health care services. appreciate you being with us. i want to start with this. in an editorial today, "it's not enough to stop payments to problem clinics as the state appears to be doing now. who at state government or at the county level was responsible for years of lax oversight?" can you answer that question? who was responsible for years of lax oversight? >> anderson, first, thank you for having me on tonight. i can't talk about the past. what i can -- >> why not? >> what i want to tell you is that this past...

>> reporter: can you concerned that there is massive fraud? that's what we're finding out. and number two, as secretary of health, could you have toby douglas sit down and talk to us about our specific questions? but that is hardly the end of the story. >> would you get security? >> reporter: our exchange with california's secretary of health and human services may in fact have been the trigger for a major statewide crackdown. one month later, nearly to the day, the state sent out this news release. 16 drug rehab centers are under investigation and temporarily suspended. and just this week, ca...

California department of health care services. appreciate you being with us. i want to start with this. in an editorial today, "it's not enough to stop payments to problem clinics as the state appears to be doing now. who at state government or at the county level was responsible for years of lax oversight?" can you answer that question? who was responsible for years of lax oversight? >> anderson, first, thank you for having me on tonight. i can't talk about the past. what i can -- >> why not? >> what i want to tell you is that this past year, the governor and the legislature transferred autho...