September 5, 2012, 12:05 AM
State Senate investigators are calling on lawmakers to lift a ban on medical care in residential drug treatment facilities, pointing to dysfunction and deaths in facilities stymied by outdated laws. A report issued yesterday by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes links lax...
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February 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
Sweeping changes for the state’s medical program for the needy are taking shape, even as legislative advisers and advocates raise major questions. Changes include more seniors being routed to managed care programs, a reinvention of how hospitals are paid and the collapse of two state...
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May 31, 2011, 12:05 AM
The program that monitors lawyers recovering from drug and alcohol abuse at times fails to take action when attorneys skip lab screenings or even test positive, the California State Auditor has found. A report, published last week, details how the California State Bar’s Lawyer Assistance...
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