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For Immediate
Release
12/11/09
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Senator Vance
Joint Senate Hearing to Explore Potential
Welfare Fraud and Abuse
Wednesday, December 16 in Capitol's Hearing Room #1
Harrisburg – The Senate Majority
Policy Committee, chaired by Sen. Ted Erickson (R-26), and the Senate Public
Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Sen. Pat Vance (R-31), will hold a
joint public hearing next week on potential fraud and abuse in state welfare
programs.
The hearing will be held
Wednesday, December 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Hearing Room #1 of the Capitol's North
Office Building.
The hearing will focus on
potential fraud and abuse indentified through audits undertaken by the
Department of the Auditor General. An August 2009 audit found that 45 percent of
Special Allowance Program payments were issued without documented justification.
A January audit indicated that the Department of Public Welfare made $3.3
million in improper payments on behalf of ineligible Medicaid recipients.
The hearing agenda will include
Auditor General Jack Wagner and Secretary of Public Welfare Estelle Richman.
Contact:
Michele Hansarick (717)
787-1350
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