The finance committee will come to order. The last place anyone wants to hear about gross mismanagement and incompetence is in the business of saving lives. Thats precisely and unfortunately what the finance Committee Meets to discuss today. This mornings hearing is an update on investigation senator grassley and i along with senator cartlin and senator young have been conducting for more than two and a half years. Examine the network of dozens of organizations that manage organ transplants, and particularly the group that oversees and coordinates them, the United Network for organ sharing, or unos. We have reviewed 100,000 units documents, totaling a half 1 million pages. Before i get to sit specific findings, i want to phrase what we have learned simply as possible. Far too Many Americans are dying needlessly because unos and many of the transplant organizations overseas are failing and seem an interested in improving. These issues involve an alphabet soup of acronyms and organizatio
Purpose: To help determine the distribution of Project/Program Funds to reduce the incidence of drug addiction. As a former member of the Franklin County Opioid Settlement Committee, an expanded view is presented to the discussion. One cause of confusion is clear. There was inadequate written pre-planning, unclear mission, vision, values, goals, and objects for the
STEUBEN COUNTY, N.Y. (WETM) — Steuben County saw the same number of reported overdoses in March as in February, but overdoses are down compared to last year. According to the Steuben County Public Health Department, there were 19 overdoses reported in the county in March. Narcan was administered for six of the overdoses, and four […]