7:58 PM, Feb 16, 2011
Written by Jennifer Bellamy
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Some state senators want to know why they received false information about the Department of Health and Human Services budget.
Senator Vincent Sheheen, a Democrat who represents Kershaw County says a judiciary subcommittee on government oversight spoke with the department's former director, Emma Forkner, Wednesday morning.
He says she claimed she knew the department would have a shortfall after former Governor Mark Sanford vetoed provisions for the agency.
"I think it's fair to say that the director and the staff at Health and Human Services thought that the growth rate would be higher than we were told, then the legislators were told, and the governor's office made quite clear to her that she should use the lower number so that it would look like the program wouldn't cost as much as it turned out to cost and there's a real problem with that," he said.
He gave a report to the full Senate on the meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Sheheen says legislators could have dealt with the deficit by giving enough funding or changing rules for the program to reduce costs.
"There's a real problem with providing numbers that aren't even close to accurate," he said. FULL STORY
Slap my mouth and feed me chitlins. CPS lie? Across the nation, this agency is packed full of pathological liars and sociopaths.
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