Rep. Larry Sanitoa has requested the Legislative Finance Office (LFO) to assist in obtaining several financials reports from the LBJ Medical Center prior to the Fono returning next month with its top priority being the review and debate of the budget for fiscal year 2015, which begins Oct. 1, 2014.

It’s unclear as to when the administration will send to the Fono the FY 2015 budget proposal, but many lawmakers want to get advance financial information from the government, especially from ASG entities that continues to face money woes — i.e. LBJ.

In a letter this week to the LFO, the Tualauta lawmaker says that LBJ reports are critical and all relevant information will aid lawmakers in making informative and thorough decisions given the upcoming budget hearings for FY 2015.

“Given the complexity of the LBJ’s operation and the importance of the only healthcare facility to our people and government, we will need to continue monitoring their current revenues and expenses for this fiscal year,” he wrote.

Among the reports requested by Sanitoa are the financial statements for the first-six months of FY 2014 and to include revenues and expenditures report for the same period. Also been requested is a payroll breakdown report for FY 2013 for all employees and for the first-six months of FY 2014.

Samoa News understands that payroll reports are being requested to find how many new employees have been hired in the current fiscal year following concerns received by several lawmakers that LBJ’s payroll expenses have spiked since late last year.

And finally, Sanitoa is seeking a complete report on the 2% wage tax payment received by LBJ for the first-six months of FY 2014 and how much is still owed to the hospital, whose chief executive officer, Joseph Davis-Fleming recently informed some lawmakers and other ASG officials that LBJ has not receive enough funds from the wage tax to restart the off island medical referral program.