AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The head of Texas’ sprawling health agency is giving no indication that he will resign following a scathing report about his leadership in the wake of a state contracting scandal.
Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek on Monday did not address recommendations in a report ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that the agency needs “significant” changes in management or leadership.
In a letter to state leaders, Janek instead sounded like someone intent on sticking around to make other reforms proposed in the 92-page report. Abbott ordered the investigation amid heavy fallout from Janek’s agency approving $110 million in no-bid contracts.
Abbott called the report’s findings “unacceptable” but did not indicate whether Janek will stay on the job.
A separate criminal investigation into the no-bid contracts remains ongoing.