(1) The department of finance and administration shall supervise and assist the department of health, which shall be the single state agency as defined in the federal Medicaid Law, Title XIX with respect to all financial matters in the planning and establishment of the medical assistance program as set forth in §§ 71-5-101 — 71-5-120, and after the program is established on July 1, 1969, the department of finance and administration shall perform those functions with respect to such medical assistance programs as are set forth in title 9, chapter 4, part 51.
(2) In addition, the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury have the duty and authority to review and audit such expenditure of funds as may be made under this part either directly or indirectly by any fiscal intermediary, and nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the commissioner of finance and administration to ensure that program expenditures are maintained within legislative appropriations.