LePage didn't hire nurses as new law ordered. Now he's being sued.
Source: Bangor Daily News
A state senator who has fought to restore Maines corps of public health nurses is suing Gov. Paul LePages administration for failing to comply with a 2017 law that required the state to hire more than two dozen nurses and rebuild a public health program the administration largely dismantled in its first six years in office.
Sen. Brownie Carson filed a lawsuit in Kennebec County Superior Court on Monday asking the court to order LePages administration to hire the nurses within 90 days. The lawsuit also requests that the court appoint a special auditor to ensure the Maine Department of Health and Human Services complies with any court order.
Carson and two nurses who are joining him in the lawsuit as plaintiffs are seeking nothing more than what the law already requires, reads the suit against Health and Human Services Commissioner Ricker Hamilton.
Traditionally, public health nurses in Maine have conducted home visits with at-risk mothers and infants, including addicted mothers and drug-affected babies, to monitor their health; provided school nurse services in rural schools without their own school nurses; worked to contain infectious diseases such as tuberculosis; and assisted in responses to public health emergencies.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(48,966 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)I hear many good things about Maine. Unfortunately, there are some things I just can't fathom. LePage and Sue Collins??
Ohiogal
(31,928 posts)have against public health initiatives? First he refuses to implement Medicaid expansion, now this? Why does he keep getting re-elected?
appalachiablue
(41,105 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,488 posts)Seriously, how serious about your life can you be if you vote for people like this?
It seems like hes been there forever. Same with Scott Walker, how is he running yet again?