Michigan Perpetuates Medicaid Fraud In Child Welfare With Orlene Hawks & Hubby

Oh my.

"The Gretch", Michigan's Pseudo-Governor Elect, has done it again, but this time, she has appointed a tag team of child welfare ragamuffins who are probably, romatically popping champagne bottles to celebrate the pilfering of Medicaid in child welfare when it comes to those private child placing agency contract that I like to refer to as the industry of trafficking tiny humans.

Yes, that is correct.

The incompetent Orlene Hawks, former Children's Ombudsman that Snyder 'politley' asked her to step down, is back and she brought her hubby, who just so happens to get some of those privatized child welfare contracts.

I bet she was nominated to be appointed to Michigan's Licensing and Regulatory Authority take the wrap of what is going on with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, too.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=orlene+hawks

A match made in heaven.

I guess this is "The Gretch's" way of getting back at the former administration!

FUN FACT! LARA SUCKS & I KNOW WHY & I SNITCHED.  JUST ASK BILL SCHUETTE

Smooches!

Welcome aboard, kiddos, I look forward to your formal testimonies, or indictments, which ever comes first.

Ask "The Gretch", she will explain it because I am quite sure this is going right over your pretty little heads.

Whitmer choice raises questions about state's conflicts of interest laws

"These kids have no clue what they are in for" said
former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder

LANSING — The official who Gov. Gretchen Whitmer named to head one of the largest and most far-reaching state government departments is married to an owner of one of Lansing's biggest lobbying firms — raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest related to industries such as marijuana, where both spouses have responsibilities or client interests.

Whitmer, a Democrat who took office Jan. 1, named Orlene Hawks director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) — a $518-million agency with responsibilities ranging from oversight of Michigan's lucrative new marijuana industry to liquor licensing, regulation of utilities, and licensing of doctors, hospitals and physical therapy providers.

Hawks, of Okemos, is married to Michael Hawks, an owner and principal of Government Consultant Services, Inc. (GCSI). The firm's clients include marijuana interests such as the Michigan Cannabis Development Association, CannArbor Inc., MedFarm of Michigan LLC, and PSI Labs, state records show.

GCSI also represents many other clients affected by the policies and rulings of LARA and its sub-agencies, such as the Liquor Control Commission, which handles liquor licensing, and the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities. While state records don't show which GCSI accounts are specifically handled by Michael Hawks, those clients include the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association, Consumers Energy Co., the Michigan Physical Therapy Association, and Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Michigan, to name a few.

It's not the first time in recent years that similar concerns have been raised. Marriages with lobbyists involving a former governor's chief of staff and a former state senator have also been questioned.

While not questioning the integrity of Hawks or her husband, a state government ethics expert said the potential conflicts raised by the situation underline a need for stronger financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest laws in Michigan. A state senator who has the power to hold hearings on Orlene Hawks' appointment said it raises questions about how she will handle conflicts with her husband's firm, if they arise.

"On its face, it is concerning," said Craig Mauger, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network and an expert on ethics and disclosure rules for state officials.

"LARA is a very important department that has its hands in a lot of different industries," and "lobbyists work with all types of industries to try to advance their interests," Mauger said.

"If you were someone who wants something from LARA, do you think you would be more likely to go to the lobbying firm that is connected to the director of LARA?"

More: Whitmer to talk Michigan issues at Free Press 'Breakfast Club' event

More: Whitmer bans use of private email accounts for state business

Sen. Peter Lucido, R-Shelby Township, chairman of the Senate Advice and Consent Committee,which can hold confirmation hearings on Whitmer's cabinet selections but is not required to do so,said Monday that areas of potential conflict and how they would be handled would be examined if his committee convenes a hearing on Hawk's confirmation.

"These are things that you've got to look at," Lucido said.

"If there's an appearance of impropriety or a conflict of interest, then I think she has a duty to make it known."

Lucido said one of the issues he wants to explore is "how does a potential conflict get resolved in an administrative agency" such as LARA.

Orlene Hawks, who will be paid $165,000 a year in her new role, formerly served as director of the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, which deals with the state's child welfare system, and before that worked for the state health department. She holds a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.

“Throughout my entire career in state government, I have served the people of Michigan with the utmost honesty and integrity, and will continue to do so as LARA director,” Hawks said in a statement emailed to the Free Press by an aide on Monday.

Hawks did not respond in detail to an emailed question about how specifically she would respond to a conflict with her husband's firm, but said: “I will rely on all civil service rules and protocols to ensure that the laws under my department’s oversight are administered fairly, efficiently, consistently and transparently.”

Michael Hawks has been voted among the top two lobbyists in the state by Capitol insiders, according to his biography on the website of Eastern Michigan University. Snyder appointed Hawks to the EMU board in 2011. Before joining GCSI around 1990, Hawks worked for Democratic leaders in the state House. Hawks, who did not return a phone message Monday, holds a bachelor's degree from EMU and a master's degree from MSU.

Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said the governor is confidentOrlene Hawks and the other cabinet members she selected "will be ethically conscious, serve with integrity and are committed to putting Michigan residents first."

Brown said Whitmer's expectations of her cabinet are clear, pointing to an executive directive Whitmer signed Thursday that points to state law governing conflicts of interest, none of which would prohibit the LARA director from being married to a lobbyist with interests before LARA, and adds other directives, such as that officials "not engage in outside employment or activities conflicting with their official government duties."

Whitmer "has set a high bar and has full faith in her cabinet," Brown said.

Mauger said Michigan is one of only two states that doesn't require some form of personal financial disclosure for top state officials, and the situation with the Hawks demonstrates the need for laws requiring such disclosure.

"This one is kind of obvious, but there could be many more of these situations that we don't know about," he said.

Lucido noted that potential conflicts involving top state officials and lobbyists are not new in Lansing, citing the example of Dennis Muchmore, who was chief of staff to former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder while his spouse, Deb Muchmore, worked as a Lansing lobbyist. She had served as a spokeswoman for Nestle, the company that obtained a controversial state permit to increase its pumping of Michigan groundwater, obtained at a nominal fee, after Dennis Muchmore left Snyder's employ.

State Sen. Joe Hune, R-Fowlerville, who left the Senate at the end of 2018 because of term limits, is married to Lansing lobbyist Marcia Hune. That relationship became an issue in a federal lawsuit involving electric car manufacturer Tesla, because Joe Hune introduced legislative language that Tesla alleges banned the insurgent company's sales model in Michigan, while the firm Marcia Hune worked for counted the established Michigan auto dealers among its clients.

Chuck Perricone, a former Republican House speaker who has worked as a lobbyist in the cannabis industry since 2011, said it's valuable to raise questions and concerns about such relationships because the approval process for various types of marijuana licensing "is just so subjective."

"I appreciate the scrutiny," Perricone said. However, "in my personal experience over the years and in this space, Mike Hawks is a straight shooter and I have no reason to believe that the new director won't operate the same way."

Let us not forget Peter "Asset Forfeiture" Lucindo and his lustful political career.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=peter+lucindo

Committee hearing uncertain for LARA appointee with potential conflict of interest

Lansing — The Republican senator responsible for reviewing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s appointments is unsure whether he’ll hold a hearing regarding a potential conflict of interest for the state's new licensing director.

A conflict of interest, when it arises, should be handled according to department policy and procedure, said Sen. Peter Lucido, not necessarily in a committee hearing to confirm the appointee.

“I don’t think it’s an appointment that needs to be questioned just yet,” said Lucido, the Shelby Township Republican who chairs the Senate’s Advice and Consent Committee.

Lucido’s comments come as Whitmer voiced support Tuesday for her cabinet members, including Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs appointee Orlene Hawks, whose husband, Michael Hawks, is a Lansing lobbyist.

Michael Hawks’ company, Governmental Consultant Services Inc., assists clients in several areas overseen by his wife’s department, including licensing approval, liquor control and regulatory items, according to the GCSI website.

He was named the second most effective multi-client lobbyist in the state by a 2017 MIRS/EPIC-MRA Insider Survey.

Licensing and Regulatory Affairs houses more than a dozen bureaus including the Michigan Occupational and Safety Health Administration (MiOSHA); the Michigan Public Service Commission; Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing; the Liquor Control Commission; Community and Health Systems; Professional Licensing; and Marijuana Regulation.

The former director of the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, Orlene Hawks said she is not a shareholder of GCSI and would comply with civil service rules and protocols to ensure the department’s laws were “administered fairly, efficiently, consistently and transparently.”

“Throughout my entire career in state government, I have served the people of Michigan with the utmost honesty and integrity, and will continue to do so as LARA director,” Hawks said in a statement issued by a LARA spokesman.

Michael Hawks did not return a phone call and email seeking comment.

Orlene Hawks will comply with all LARA rules, which enforce civil service rules, agency spokesman Jason Moon said. That includes rules that require LARA employees to submit forms within 14 days of hire that disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Department rules also specifically prohibit employees from exercising "any decision-making authority of the state regarding any regulation, enforcement, auditing, licensing, or purchasing with respect to any business or entity in which the employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family has any financial interest or management authority."

Whitmer has confidence that her cabinet members “will be ethically conscious, serve with integrity and are committed to putting Michigan residents first," according to a statement from her spokeswoman Tiffany Brown

“The governor's expectations for her administration and state employees are clear, as witnessed by the executive directive she signed just days after taking office, focused on assuring a good, ethical state government,” Brown said.

Advice and Consent Committee meetings, when needed for an appointee, would instead focus on experience, background and what makes the appointees “uniquely qualified to do the work for the people,” Lucido said.

All evidence so far indicates Orlene Hawks matches that description, he said.

"She has an impeccable background for public service," Lucido said

The Hawks dilemma is not the first in state government, nor will it be the last, he said. Lucido noted that another lobbyist, Deb Muchmore, helped Nestle during its fight to gain water withdrawal permits from state government after her husband, Dennis Muchmore, served as Snyder’s chief of staff.

Likewise, last week, former Lt. Gov. Brian Calley registered as a lobbyist with the Small Business Association of Michigan, where he will be able to lobby his own wife, Rep. Julie Calley of Portland.

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DMC Joins Detroit Funeral Homes In Warehousing Hundreds Of Fetuses

I have so many questions, starting with the Medicaid billing for the births, but you know the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services does not like to give up records and the Michigan Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is useless.

That is where you start, with the records, because you know someone was making money.

Where are the identities, now?

I would be extremely curios to find out the forensic condition of the fetuses, just to take an organ inventory and cause of death, because Detroit is #1 in the world for a geographic population in infant mortality and #1 in the world for parenatal research.

It would be horrible to allege these global milestones in Detroit are found to harken from involuntary human subject research.

Police remove 26 fetuses from Detroit Medical Center

Detroit — In the latest twist to a wide-ranging investigation into funeral homes' disposition of infant and fetal remains, a police task force Monday removed 26 fetuses from a Detroit Medical Center morgue, all of which were allegedly mishandled by Perry Funeral Home.

Members of the Detroit police homicide task force executed a search warrant Monday at Detroit Receiving Hospital, where the DMC's morgue is located, Detroit police Chief James Craig said.

"This is a continuation into our criminal investigation into Perry Funeral Home," Craig said. "We removed 26 fetuses from the DMC."

Craig added: "DMC was not a target of this action."

DMC spokeswoman Tonita Cheatham said in an email: "We are working closely with local law enforcement in their ongoing investigation of Perry Funeral Home. The DMC has assisted law enforcement with the transfer of the unburied, Perry-related remains into their custody.”

Perry spokesman Tom Shields said Tuesday he would ask the funeral home's attorneys to comment, but he did not provide a response.

Twenty of the bodies taken from the DMC cooler had dates-of-birth listed from 1998 and earlier, with six dating to the 1970s, police sources told The Detroit News. The earliest date of birth accompanying a fetus was Aug. 11, 1971.

Investigators are trying to determine whether those dates represent the infants' or parents' dates of birth, sources said. Perry has contracted with area hospitals to handle unclaimed infant and fetal remains since at least the 1960s.

Only partial information was available about some remains because the bodies were decomposed, and identifying paperwork was either missing or too soiled to be legible, sources told The News.

Meanwhile, state authorities are looking into another case of dozens of infant remains allegedly lying unnoticed for years in a DMC hospital.

LARA since October has been investigating a tip from a former Harper-Hutzel Hospital employee that hospital officials in April 2015 found the dead bodies of more than 50 infants in a basement morgue.

The former hospital employee told The News and officials with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs that at least 20 of the babies had identification tags indicating they had been in the hospital morgue for more than 10 years.

LARA spokesman Jason Moon said Tuesday the state agency is investigating the former employee's claims.

"LARA received an anonymous complaint regarding the allegations ... and we are discussing it with law enforcement to determine whether our department has regulatory oversight over the issues addressed by the complainant," Moon said.

Cheatham did not respond to questions about the former employee's allegations.

LARA was not involved in Monday's search warrant, Moon said.

The 26 remains removed from the DMC morgue Monday were taken to a mortuary transport company.

One fetus among the 26 is listed as “Mary Doe” because there’s no identifying information about her, according to sources.

Sources said Perry removed the remains from the hospital at some point, then returned them, and investigators are trying to figure out why. Paperwork at the morgue indicated Perry brought the remains back to the DMC morgue on July 28, 2017, sources told The News.

Monday's action was the latest development in a multi-tentacled investigation into the handling of infant and fetal remains.

The probe started in October, when Detroit police and LARA inspectors discovered 11 infant and fetal remains stored in a false ceiling at Detroit's Cantrell Funeral Home, after receiving a letter that also alleged fraud at the funeral home.

Craig said he launched the investigation because failing to properly dispose of remains more than 180 days after death is a felony in Michigan, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

When a man who was suing Perry and others for allegedly mishandling his daughter's remains saw news coverage of the Cantrell discovery, his attorneys alerted Detroit police. Police met with the attorneys and then expanded their investigation to include Perry Funeral Home.

The lawsuit being handled by the attorneys, Peter Parks and Daniel Cieslak, was granted class-action status in November after the lawyers argued there could be more than 200 mishandled remains.

The parents involved in the lawsuit had arranged for the remains of their stillborn or live-birth babies to go to Wayne State's medical school for research. Instead, the lawsuit alleges, many of the bodies ended up in Wayne State's morgue, which had a longstanding arrangement allowing Perry Funeral Home to store bodies in its cooler.

In June 2017, the university told Perry to remove the remains stored in the cooler because there wasn't enough room, and the remains were taken back to the funeral home.

On Oct. 19, Detroit police and LARA raided Perry and removed 63 fetuses, 36 of which were stored in an unrefrigerated box. Following the raid, LARA shut down Perry and suspended the mortuary science licenses of the funeral home and its director, Gary Deak.

In December, LARA moved to permanently revoke Cantrell's license, after state officials said they found "numerous acts of fraud, deceit, dishonesty, incompetence and gross negligence."

The alleged violations included reusing caskets, and knowingly making false statements on death certificates.

Knollwood Park Cemetery in Canton Township is also part of the investigation, which is being handled by a multi-jurisdictional task force involving Detroit police, Michigan State Police, the FBI, LARA and the Michigan Attorney General's Office.

In December, LARA officials halted all new activity at the cemetery, after inspectors found more than 300 improperly-stored infant and fetal remains in multiple crypts.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: The Rape Of LARA - Michigan Business Regulatory Database Has An Invalid Hostname Moment

The Rape of LARA by the rogues of the
Michigan Office of Attorney General

Earlier on Cocktails & Popcorn, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs site went dark, then it went back up with a notice about an hour and half later that it was updating.

Now, the last time I checked, when a government site is updating, it typically does not go dark.

LARA went dark and was raped by the privateers who sailed in from their UCC Public Private Partnerships to pilfer our most precious treasures, the Children's Trust Funds.

A definite sign of hacking.

I was having erotic fantasies that the feds had initiated Phase Six - Michigan goes into federal receivership, but thought it only best to bridal my lust and wait for a DOJ FBI Conjugal Collaborative presser.

There was that moment of a fleeting thought that someone, somewhere, up in LARA was bleachbitting history, again, destroying federal evidence in those fake ass LLCs, NGOs and INCs they may, or may not have on file that took out federal mortgages from TARP, NSP2 and a myriad of other federal land and housing grant programs, but, alas, Bill *Smooches* Schuette is no longer Attorney General.

Then, I began to wonder if Microsoft had some of those "occidental backdoors" intellectual property issues going on, which would mean they were hacked because it went dark and did not have the notice up until later.




Oddly enough, it also crossed my mind that someone may have hired some of those *russian/israeli/ukrainian* Smarty Pants (The Global Collection) who sit in the Ivory Tower on the Hill to "ethically hack" LARA, but then I said, Meh. I will wait for the news because I know someone read my post.

Behold, the beauty of the public record!

I believe Dana is about to uncloak the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and its deep, dark history in Michigan.

Dana plays in the forest of The Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed, who watches from afar, to see if Dana is going to dig up the dead kids and the two boys who survived, to give their legacies proper honors and make them whole again, which shall never, ever happen, especially if you have died, came back, died again, came back, as she knows well of how this works, being in possession of the public record, and all.

There is no monetary amount that can be assigned for justice to be served.

I want to see Ricky Holland's entire family achieve justice, Dana.

The over prescriptions are not just limited to opioids to adults, as children in foster care are the big pharmaceutical cash cow of Medicaid.

Just look at the expenditures.

I did.

Ben did, too.

I dedicate this to post in honor of My Sensei, Ben Hansen.

Much love.

#maytheheavensfall

#sayhisname

Michigan's top Medicaid doctor accused of over-prescribing opioids

David Neff

The top doctor for Michigan's Medicaid program has been placed on paid administrative leave as state officials review allegations that he over-prescribed opioids to patients in his private practice.

The state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs filed a complaint with the Michigan Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery on May 1, alleging that Dr. David Neff over-prescribed controlled substances to some patients in his part-time medical practice.

The complaint accuses Dr. David Neff of failing to exercise due care, conform to minimal standards of practice or utilize the MAPS system. He also allegedly requested data for other than a legitimate medical purpose from the Michigan Automated Prescription System, which tracks all controlled substance prescriptions written in the state.

On same day the complaint was filed, Neff was placed on leave from his $194,184-a-year position as Michigan's chief medical director for Medicaid, said Lynn Sutfin, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

"Dr. Neff is on paid administrative leave as we await a resolution of the administrative complaint issued by LARA," Sutfin said in a Thursday email to The Detroit News.

LARA investigators based the complaint on data from MAPS. They also reviewed the medical records Neff kept on 10 of his patients.

A call Thursday to Neff's private practice office in Okemos was not answered.

The complaint alleges that Neff prescribed higher doses of opioids to some patients than recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The federal agency urges doctors to limit most patients to no more than 50 morphine milligram equivalents per day for most patients or "avoid or carefully justify" doses of 90 MMEs or more. 

Neff told LARA investigators that he currently treats about 85 patients in his part-time practice. He provides family medicine services to about 75 percent of them, but provides palliative care to the remaining 25 percent. Palliative care patients often have complex conditions or terminal illnesses that require higher-than-usual doses of controlled substances.

One of his patients, Jane Doe 1, was on a "high MMEs" regimen "that fell below the standard of care for the patient's conditions," according to the complaint.

A patient, Jane Doe 2, was prescribed 1,500 MMEs daily of Fentanyl patches.  The patches didn't adhere well, Neff said, so this patient would remove them before the full dose was used.

In another case, Neff rapidly decreased Jane Doe 4's dose from 980 MMEs to 420 MMEs without adequately documenting a reason for the reduction, according to investigators.

The complaint also alleges that Neff failed to run urine screens on any of the patients and failed to run MAPS reports on several patients, but ran three MAPS reports on Jane Doe 1 after she died.

Michigan doctors have been required since June 1, 2018, to run MAPS reports before writing any prescription for more than a three-day supply of a controlled substance.

Neff has 30 days to respond to the complaint from the date it was filed by LARA. He could seek a compliance conference where he could provide testimony and evidence to a LARA representative and a member of the Disciplinary Subcommittee of the state Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. Or he could request a hearing before a state administrative law judge.

Punishments for the charges, if substantiated, are at the board's discretion and could range from a reprimand to probation, suspension or other sanctions.

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Meet William Isaac "Fat Ass" Robinson

Sherry *The Sleuth* Gay Dagnogo & her handler,
William Isaac *Fat Ass* Robinson

Alas!

Meet Fa' Tass, the fancy way of pronouncing his real name: Fat Ass.

You might know him as William Isaac Robinson, State Representative, but I traditionally call him Fat Ass.

By naming him Fat Ass, with him being an illegitimately elected public official and all, I might get attacked in the court of public opinion for my Post Traumatic Fraud Disorder.

I shall be dismissed, as always, as the crazy lady.

So, when that happens, I will just have to bear witness, and testify to the heavens when they fall in Detroit, to speak the truth, that he is a Fat Ass.

I do not lie, but Fat Ass does because this is what I see here is:

1. Hamtramck;
2. Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare, 
3. Absentee Ballot Fraud, 
4. Qatar,
5. United Arab Emeritus,
6. Election Fraud, 
7. Campaign Fraud,
8. Treason;
9. Ukraine; and,
10.  His #MeToo Boo Boo, Elisa Grubbs, who will have an attorney when the trial starts in January.

Fat Ass, who normally presents himself as a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending), was really mean to my Sweetie.

He also did really mean things in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, too.

LARA

#perkinscoiesucks

 

Counselors rally in Detroit for right to diagnose patients

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Mental health professionals are asking for the state department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to reconsider a plan that would revoke their privileges to diagnose and conditions for their patients.

Hundreds of counselors gathered at the state capital on Friday. There were so many people there, some couldn't even get inside to get their voices heard at a hearing before state lawmakers. They said the proposed changes could cost them their jobs, patients, and much more.

Rally for licensed counselors in wake of new law
Mental health professionals are asking for the state department of Licensing And Regulatory Affairs to reconsider a plan that would revoke their ability to diagnose and conditions for their patients.

"I can only imagine how my clients will feel or what they might do," said one counselor.

"Many would struggle if they had to start with someone new," another counselor said. "The concept is terrifying."

It's all related to changes LARA is set to make that would limit what licensed professional counselors can do for their patients. The new licensing would not allow them to diagnose conditions or get reimbursed by insurance companies.

It's estimated 10,000 counselors and anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000 clients could be impacted.

"Today we have a crisis - we already have a shortage - we have waitlists - there are people who feel like they can't find a provider, they have these long waits before they can get help - imagine if all of these people are not in their offices,” said another counselor.

The fear is being felt across the state and at Wayne State University Friday where many professors and their students studying to become Licensed Professional Counselors are rallying to save their degrees and their jobs. They are hopeful a House bill would stop LARA's planned actions.

Fat Ass & His Partner in Crime, in D.C.

"House bill 4325 will etch in stone the vital work that (Licensed Professional Counselors) do in Michigan - right now LARA has some foolish proposals that would decimate a profession," said state representative Isaac Robinson (D-Hamtramck).

Robinson is one of many lawmakers supporting the counselors who work in schools, hospitals, and just about anywhere mental health services are needed.

"This attack on this profession will affect non-profits, it will affect our local economy, it will affect universities," Robinson said.

For two weeks, FOX 2 has asked LARA why they're making this change. They have not yet answered and we're waiting for a comment from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

"We're going to make sure Governor Whitmer understands this issue - because we're going to pass this bill through the House - we have bi-partisan support," Robinson said.

House Bill 4325 would preserve the services LPCs can offer, but it's not clear that will pass before LARA's new rules - take effect.

FUN FACT! CHILD WELFARE WORKERS MAKE AXIS III DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MEDICAL LICENSING

ANOTHER FUN FACT! CHILD WELFARE COUNSELING PROGRAMS ARE SOCIOECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS FOR HUMAN LAB RATS

Counselors fear new license rules will impact mental health care

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) --Friday mental health counselors from across the state will be in Lansing, fighting for their right to keep seeing patients.

Child Family Services in Traverse City have six licensed professional counselors that serve more than 150 clients, but with proposed changes through the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs that could change.

One of the most detrimental proposed changes, according to counselors removes the ability for LPC’S to diagnose patients, which insurance companies require for billing.

"Our clients would lose their therapists immediately once LARA confirms the changes and makes the final approvals, that would result in our therapists having to abandoned their clients which is obviously against our ethics and not appropriate,” said Allison \Wilson an LPC with Child & Family Services. “There's not enough other mental health professionals in this area to even absorb the number of clients and the same with statewide."

According to the President of the Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association, if the LARA rule changes are approved, Michigan could lose about 30% of its community mental health system

http://mmhca.org/accomplishments/

workforce.
https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?ID=800845853&SEARCH_TYPE=3

There is a possible solution. House Bill 4325 is making its way through the legislature and would allow counselors to continue making diagnoses.

If that bill passes, it would override the licensing rules for counselors.

A public hearing on the new licensing rules for counselors will be held Friday at the G. Mennen Williams building at 525 W. Ottawa St. in downtown Lansing starting at 9 a.m.

Michigan Legislative Analysis - SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR COUNSELORS 2019-HLA-4325-7B3BE14A by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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U.S. DHHS OIG 2017 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Report Is Out

It is that time of the year when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General comes out with its annual report, with data that is 2 years late, on the wonderful things that have been done in the States Medicaid Fraud Control Units.

And just like every year, there is absolutely nothing, nada, nixt, rein, done with Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare.

Why?

The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is located, typically, with the States Attorney General because you need a law enforcement power to prosecute and recover the false claims.

Then, the States have things called False Claims Acts that are drawn up to be so restrictive, no one can bring forth a claim.

Let us not forget to mention the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units that refuse, under any circumstance, be it an act of God or an act of war, to speak upon Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare.

The original MFCU law was set up for the aged.

Child Welfare was set up for the young.

This is where the contemporaneously inherit conflict of interest exists.

"How can States Attorney General advise and advocate at the same time?"

Besides, there is too much money involved and no one cares. 

Here is the report on Michigan:

The Unit made workspace available to an OIG agent within the Unit offices. Co-location facilitated communication between the MFCU and OIG in assessing potential fraud referrals and working joint cases. Case management tools Unit management and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) developed a streamlined process for referring cases of patient abuse or neglect. This process helped to ensure that referrals from LARA were consistent with the Unit’s statutory functions, thereby promoting Unit efficiency and case flow. 

Michigan Co-location of Unit and OIG staff:  The Unit made workspace available to an OIG agent within the Unit offices. Co-location facilitated communication between the MFCU and OIG in assessing potential fraud referrals and working joint cases. Case management tools Unit management and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) developed a streamlined process for referring cases of patient abuse or neglect. This process helped to ensure that referrals from LARA were consistent with the Unit’s statutory functions, thereby promoting Unit efficiency and case flow.

There is no referral mechanism within Michigan administration, particularly LARA, as it has dismantled its oversight function of child welfare private contracts, switching over to the "self report" model, to report Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare and "The Elected Ones" will never speak upon it.

Gotta fund those campaigns!

This is the only mention of children:

Inpatient Psychiatric Services for Individuals Under Age 21 criminal 17 civil 6 total 23

Medicaid Fraud Control Units Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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Another Classic Michigan Model Of Stealin' - StoneCrest

https://www.stonecrestcenter.com/

Why stop at Stonecrest?

Stonecrest is a classic, textbook example of a Corporate Shape Shifter.

Why not ask the privateers who issue "Marques of Quality Care"?



As seen here, in LARA, this operation would always slap a new sign on front of the building all the time.

http://jasonfoundation.com/
https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2018/621/714/2018-621714715-10853fd6-9.pdf

I used to talk to the administration of all the shell, foreign corporations that used to set up shop at that revolving  psychiatric institution which is known in dealing with youth.
CS  34976            The Jason Foundation, Inc.

Mailing Address: The Jason Foundation, Inc.
18 Volunteer Dr.
Hendersonville, TN 37075
Phone: (615)264-2323
Email: info@jasonfoundation.com
Website: www.jasonfoundation.com

ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

Entity Type: Corporation State Established: TN Date Created: 10/01/1997
501(c)(3): Yes EIN: 62-1714715
Purpose Statement: PROVIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT IN THE AID OF YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.

FILING STATUS

Solicitation Registration Status Charitable Trust Registration Status
Registered - Expiration Date: 7/31/2020 Exempt

FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Data is taken from the organization's IRS return or, if no return
was filed, from its solicitation registration or financial statements.

Period Ending 12/31/2018
 
Total Revenue    $1,442,068.00
Total Expenses    $1,339,493.00
Revenue Less Expenses $102,575.00
Reports Filed    990/CPA Audit
 
Total Assets    $3,470,240.00
Net Assets    $3,298,092.00
 

Expense breakdown
                          % of Total
Expenses
      Charitable Programs
           Program Services $1,189,655.00 89.00 %
     
      Supporting Services      
           Mgt & General* $118,363.00 9.00 %
           Fundraising* $31,475.00 2.00 %
      Total Supporting Services $149,838.00 11.19 %    
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https://accreditnet2.urac.org//uracportal/Directory/CompanyView/2678

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4807:iwo4h.2.1

Approved US Government Supplier
This information appears* to relate to
URAC Approved Supplier For
US Government Supplier 
Ref
4LWF8 (CAGE code)
This is a unique identifier, and can also be accessed using the url https://opencorporates.com/identifiers/cage/4LWF8

Source US Federal Central Contractor Registration, http://www.acquisition.gov/
RELATED DATA
Company Addresses
COMPANY ADDRESS
1220 L ST NW STE 400, WASHINGTON, DC, 200054013

https://www.urac.org/



Interestingly enough, it seems URAC just activated its CAGE#.

I also like the fact that its Purpose of Registration is for All Award$.

Your registration was activated on Oct 07, 2019. It expires on Oct 06, 2020 which is one year after you submitted it for processing.
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ID Number: 801868371  
Summary for:  BCA OF DETROIT, LLC           
The name of the FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY:   BCA OF DETROIT, LLC
   
Entity type:   FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Identification Number: 801868371 Old ID Number: B94531

Date of Qualification in Michigan:   09/11/2008

Organized under the laws of: the state of Delaware
Purpose:

Term: Perpetual
           
The name and address of the Resident Agent:
Resident Agent Name: THE CORPORATION COMPANY <=== a foreign agent not registered under FARA because everyone is stealin' the children, land and votes in Michigan and attorneys have immunity...but not for much longer.
Street Address: 40600 ANN ARBOR RD E STE 201
Apt/Suite/Other:
City: PLYMOUTH State: MI Zip Code: 48170
Registered Office Mailing address:
P.O. Box or Street Address:
Apt/Suite/Other:
City: State: Zip Code:

When a youth would file one of those Recipient Rights Complaints, it was always tossed.

I know.

I used to talk to them.

Then I would file a grievance with Michigan, strictly for documentational purposes, only, because all they did was toss, or send me a gratuitous phone call, or dismissive missive, letting me know everything was status quo.

See, there are no civil rights in child welfare because it is all privatized under foreign corporate shape shifters who like to use LLCs because it is easy to dissolve, or bankrupt, or sell, gift, trust or something, right after you get the state grants. contracts and the fake ass Medicaid cost reimbursements because, more than likely, they took out some mortgages, DLA Small Business loan, TARP, then quiet titled, then mortgaged again, or some stealin' like that.

Let me check right quickly.

Yippers. 

I told you so.

Wayne County Treasury Property Tax Results <===Hot mess

01 01211831.01 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT A & H PHRMACY SERVICES INC
01 01211831.02 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT BERGEN BRUNSWIG DRUG COMPANY / LEASED TO:SCCI HOSPITAL OF DETROIT
01 01211831.10 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT ST. JOHN HOSPITAL
01 01211832.00 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT SARATOGA GENERAL HOSPITAL
01 01211832.01 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SVCS INC / SCCI HOSPITAL
01 01211834.01 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT SARATOGA MGMT INC
01 01211834.10 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT SKYTEL CORPORATION / PROPERTY TAX DEPT <=== Hey, what the hell is that?

"Hey kids, do not put your lips on that!"

01 21028489. 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT BCA REAL ESTATE HOLDING LLC
01 21028489-90 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT BCA REAL ESTATE HOLDING LLC
01 21991831.01 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT A & H PHARMACY SERVICES INC
01 21991831.02 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT BERGEN BRUNSWIG DRUG COMPANY / PMB 308,LEASED TO:SCCI HOSPITAL OF DETROIT
01 21991831.03 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT ZEVEX INC
01 21991831.04 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT ABRAMSON, SAMUEL M MD PC / A/K/A ST JOHN GRATIOT CENTER
01 21991831.05 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT SARATOGA URGENT CARE PC
01 21991831.10 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT ST JOHN HOSPITAL
01 21991831.15 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT TRIUMPH HEALTH CARE,TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF DETROIT
01 21991832.00 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT SARATOGA GENERAL HOSPITAL
01 21991832.01 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES INC
01 21991833.10 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION / DBA: COMPUTER SCIENCES <====Dyncorp
01 21991834.01 15000 GRATIOT DETROIT SARATOGA MGMT INC

All they ever want is to turn a profit.

How is it one can turn a profit when engaging in the healing of a child?

Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare, of course.

Oh, there are so many fraudulent billing scams that go on in child welfare.

I used to let them take me in their offices and show me everything, including voicing their grievances that Michigan will not do a damn thing for these children.

Many of the staff should not even be in the field of human services, ever, seriously, there should be some form of ethics involved when it comes to hiring practices in human resources... when it comes to human asset management for foreign, privatized, entities.

Remember, there are no civil rights in child welfare because it is privatized, where the foreign entity comes up with its own, self-reporting, of all the wonderful things they do for kids.

Luay Haddad & The Academic Journalism Secret Society Sucks

You can run fake ass studies.

You can run human lab rat experiments.

You can run kiddy kickback ops for your buddies who like to Praise the Lord alot.

Heck, you can even help run a fake ass mortgage program in Detroit to profit off human trafficking, funded by Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare.

Just ask Bill Clinton.

As for LARA and the Corporate Shape Shifters, well, only Bill *Smooches* Schuette can tell that tale because Mike Cox was always up to something else.

You know what, what the heck, let's bring back the entire crew!

Janet Olszewski
Marianne Udow
Steve Yager
Verlie Ruffin
Jennifer Granholm
John Engler
Pete Hoekstra
Bill Johnson
Mary Rossman
Bruce Hoffman
Teri Tekai, <===DoD and of course, the Greatest State Attorney General in the world, because he restructured the office to be the most powerful Office of Attorney General in the United States, so bow down when you say, Frank Kelly, because I do.

Please note that these are just the first names that popped up after suffering from an episode of Post Traumatic Fraud Disorder.

State didn't investigate psych patient deaths after release from Detroit hospital

Lawmakers call for more review of post-release deaths

Notification of Death Report
LANSING (WXYZ) — Since 2017, at least four patients have died within two days of being released from StoneCrest Hospital, a private inpatient psychiatric facility in Detroit. Despite being notified of each of the deaths, state officials never investigated.

Officials with LARA, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, say they’re not legally required to follow up on deaths like these, nor are they empowered to by statute. Today, in response to an investigation by 7 Action News, two state senators are calling for changes to ensure that post-release deaths are investigated.

RELATED: A Detroit psychiatric hospital released him Thursday, he took his life Friday

At 162 beds, StoneCrest is one of the largest private psychiatric facilities in the state. 7 Action News first investigated the hospital earlier this year, after one of its patients, Joe Sadlak, admitted to murder only two days after he was discharged.

He had been treated at StoneCrest for less than a week.

“You put my son on four different kinds of medication and knew his drug history,” said Pamela Rowley, Joe’s mother, “and you let him go.”

In Michigan, when a psychiatric patient dies within two days of being released from a hospital, the state requires the hospital to report it. Those reports come to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

In September 2017, StoneCrest reported that a patient came to its hospital after stating he “was not happy in his life and wanted to die.” After treatment, he was released and died shortly thereafter. StoneCrest reported the death to the state, listing the cause as “not known.”

Less than a month later, another patient came to Stonecrest after saying he wanted to “jump off a bridge.” Within 2 days of release, he was found dead in his bathtub with his throat cut. State officials from LARA didn’t investigate.

A third death would be reported the following July. A woman came to Stonecrest with a history of suicidal behavior. She was treated, released and—the next day—found dead in a river. The cause of death was listed as “unknown.” Again, state officials didn’t investigate.

Then, this past June, a 29-year-old Detroit man came to Stonecrest after displaying severe psychotic behavior. He was deemed well enough to be released, but took his life the next day.

“Did your office ask any questions about that?” asked Channel 7’s Ross Jones.

“Again, we’ve been doing our statutory requirement,” said Larry Horvath, the Director of the Bureau of Community and Health System at LARA

“Did you ask any questions about that?” Jones asked again.

“We required the report to be filled out,” Horvath said.

“And that’s it,” Jones replied.

“Yes,” Horvath said.

Officials asked no questions, according to a spokesman, because “LARA is not by law or rule required to follow up on these reported deaths,” nor—they say— does the law give them the express authority to. State watchdogs are empowered to investigate only deaths that occur in restraints, Horvath said.

The death reports are reviewed during regular inspections, but no investigations are launched. Horvath said he hopes hospitals use the reports to guide their treatment.

"If they're starting to notice a pattern with a cause of death that occurs have discharge, hopefully they're starting to work with their medical directors, their nursing staff, their social workers to put corrections in place to address it," he said.

“It’s inexcusable,” said Mark Reinstein, President and CEO of the Mental Health Association in Michigan. “To hide behind, ‘It’s not our legal responsibility.’ Well then whose is it?”

By law, LARA is required to report all psychiatric deaths reported to them to the state legislature. But they haven’t been, 7 Action News has learned, for at least the last three years. In August, prompted by our reporting, the state submitted reports for 2016, 2017 and 2018, though they did not include post-release deaths.

Following our questions, LARA changed the reporting requirements for post-release deaths—no longer requiring that deaths occurring within 48 hours of discharge be reported. Spokesman Jason Moon said changing the policy aligns LARA with state law, which doesn’t require notification of post-release deaths.

The decision stunned multiple mental health advocates, including Andrea Rizor, the Director of Advocacy for Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services,.

“It looks like they don’t want to know if it’s a suspicious death or not,” she said. "It doesn't make sense."

This week, in response to 7 Action News' findings, the Democratic leader in the state senate is calling for changes.

“Stories like these are deeply concerning, and as a state we should be doing all that we can to help stop these preventable deaths,” said Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint). “The department should have the ability to identify concerning patterns, and if it requires a legislative fix to make sure they are empowered to do so, we will write the bill.”

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Trump v. Omarosa -The Great Whistleblower Election Collusion

"Go do your thang, gurl."

Trump and Omarosa have a long history together.

I like to call Omarosa Trump's "Ride or Die".

This is why I am calling this public fallout "The Great Whistleblower Collusion".

Trump & Omarosa in Detroit

Omarosa was presented a Non Disclosure Agreement.

Omarosa was kicked out the White House for recording conversations with staff, John Kelly, going back and telling Trump.

Interesting to note that former Secretary Clinton did the same exact thing of recording in the SCIF and nothing has come of it....to date, that is.

Omarosa claims John Kelly played her a recording of Trump saying some "negative terms" and Lara Trump blasts the tape.

John Kelly secretly recorded POTUS and Omarosa has the evidence.

When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018

Then, she put out a "tell all" book about what staff told her about Trump.

So, now we await Avenatti.

It is a near certainty that Michael Avenatti is going to end up representing Omarosa and all of our absurd timelines are going to collapse on one another

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 14, 2018

Omarosa is going to make a boat load of money, but I believe it will be in the form of a whistleblower lawsuit, setting up all those attorneys and people around Trump, who like to cover up nasty things that make them a whole lot of money from their public offices.

Stay tuned and watch Omarosa "do her thang" because I will be focused to see if the other players in this reality show drama are going to be held to the same standards, like John Kelly.

Before the reading of the follow article, claiming to be "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending), you must first be aware that Omarosa was correct in calling that agreement illegal for the simple fact that there are found to be 11 corporations in the name of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. registered in various states across the country as foreign non-profits, where, I am betting, Trump was not even aware that people were opening up these other domestic and foreign corporations, which, by the way, are not even registered with the FEC as campaign committees and, more than likely, had Trump's electronic signature, that he did not sign.

Timothy Jost, Corporate Shape
Shifter of the  Donald J. Trump
for President, Inc.,
foreign non-profit money
laundering operations

It seems the gentleman who set up all these foreign corporations named Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., goes by the name of Timothy Jost, the treasurer in some listing, who used private corporation filing services, to launder money.

I will go so far and assert that the foreign incorporated Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., is not even registered under FARA.

How much do you want to bet money laundering was going on to Russia, Ukraine or even Germany, hence, another layer of that Mueller collusion?

So, how is it this campaign NDA was presented to Omarosa when the agreement itself does not even state which Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. it is?

This truly reminds me of the work of "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) who go by the name of Perkins Coie.

I can smell the political fraud schemes of #perkinscoiesucks from any county in the world because they ran the same game on my Sweetie.

I wonder what John Roberts is doing right now?

OMAROSA SAID A HUSH MONEY AGREEMENT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFERED HER WAS ‘UNLAWFUL’ – WAS IT?

Omarosa Manigault Newman, former aide to President Donald Trump, said that a contract she was allegedly offered by the Trump campaign after being fired from the White House was an attempt to buy off her silence. She called the offer “unlawful.”

Verdict: Unsubstantiated

Legal experts disagree about whether such an agreement could have prevented Manigault Newman from discussing her time in the White House. Precedent says that the government cannot keep former employees from discussing non-classified information, and that principle might apply to the proposed campaign agreement.

Other parts of the agreement could have been enforceable, though, and “hush money” contracts are not unlawful in principle.

Fact Check:

Manigault Newman, a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” served as the director of communications for the White House Public Liaison Office before her departure in December 2017. Her recently released book about her time in the White House, “Unhinged,” alleges that Trump campaign adviser Lara Trump offered Manigault Newman a $15,000 per month campaign position in exchange for keeping quiet about her time in the White House.

She discussed the agreement on “Meet The Press” on Aug. 12. “I worked my butt off to make a difference in this country and they were looking for ways to frame me, and then, they tried to buy off my silence, which is also unlawful,” Manigault Newman said.

“Hush money” agreements, in which one person agrees to stay silent about a topic in exchange for money, are often valid and enforceable if both parties willingly enter into the contract. But legal experts disagree about whether the contract that Lara Trump offered Manigault Newman could keep her from discussing her time in public service.

The contract included a broadly-worded provision that prohibited her from disclosing any “confidential information,” including “appointments, meetings, conversations, notes and other communications” about Trump, Vice President Mike Pence or either of their families, even after the campaign ends. It did not specifically mention her time in public service, but it could be interpreted to apply to Manigault Newman’s time in the White House. She says that she did not sign the agreement.

Trump has reportedly required employees to sign other broad nondisclosure agreements. A Washington Post column from March said that senior White House staff members were asked to sign agreements prohibiting them from revealing information about their time in the White House, even after Trump’s presidency. A different nondisclosure agreement from the 2016 campaign included a provision to not “demean or disparage” Trump during the term of employment and “at all times thereafter.”

The alleged agreement that Manigault Newman declined to sign included a non-disparagement clause as well.

Legal precedent says that ex-federal employees cannot be required to promise silence on non-classified matters. For that reason, some experts say that the nondisclosure provisions in the White House contracts could violate the First Amendment.

“The government has no legitimate interest in censoring unclassified materials,” the 1983 District of Columbia Circuit Court case McGehee v. Casey explained.

The agreement offered to Manigault Newman after her time in the White House is different, though. The contract, along with its nondisclosure clause, would have been with the Trump campaign, not the federal government.

Which "campaign"?  There are 11 foreign non profit filings.

But Bradley Moss, a partner at the Mark S. Zaid, PC law firm and contributor to Lawfare, thinks that the $15,000 per month agreement would still not be enforceable because he says it is a poor attempt to get around legal precedent.

“They were effectively trying to circumvent the existing case law on the subject by having the campaign, not the Government, impose the retroactive NDA,” Moss told The Daily Caller News Foundation in an email. “I would argue that such a contract is constitutionally unenforceable no matter if coming from the campaign or the government itself. To permit the former to pull that off would be contrary to public policy.”

Ken White, a partner at Brown White & Osborn LLP who blogs as Popehat, also argued on the “All The President’s Lawyers” podcast that this type of agreement would fail the test of “unconscionability” – a legal doctrine that makes a contract unenforceable if it violates public policy or is otherwise inappropriate.

“A nondisclosure agreement may well be enforceable by a private entity, but it’s extremely dubious that you could enforce one to get people to stop talking about their public service, their paid work as a government employee,” White said on Aug. 15. “The idea is that restricting a public employee or a former public employee from talking about public service like that is unconscionable.”

University of Florida law professor Mark Fenster told TheDCNF that he was not as convinced that a court would find the agreement unconscionable, however.

“If an arbitrator proves sympathetic to her argument, then I can see that if she wants to speak publicly about an issue of great public importance, it might be deemed against public policy to enforce the agreement. Might,” Fenster told TheDCNF in an email.

He said that even if a court found that the agreement could not stop her from speaking about her time in the White House, other parts of the agreement would be enforceable.

“She was clearly wrong to state that it was unlawful to present her with the agreement, especially as it clearly would be ok to have her agree to be silent and non-disparaging during her employment by the campaign regarding issues that arise during the campaign,” Fenster said. “In that regard, it would clearly be enforceable, just perhaps not as broadly as the campaign and President might wish. It’s therefore clearly not unlawful.”

The experts noted that even broad nondisclosure agreements that are not fully enforceable are often still effective at intimidating employees into silence when they lack the resources to defend themselves or seek legal advice.

There is a lack of consensus about whether a private agreement could prevent individuals from talking about their public service in part because it is a new legal question. “There is – to my knowledge – no precedent for a campaign seeking to contractually silence a former federal employee with respect to the work that person did while serving in the government,” Moss said.

While Manigault Newman says she did not sign the “hush money” agreement, whether the Trump campaign can prevent former public servants from discussing their time in the White House remains a relevant legal question. The Trump campaign filed an arbitration case against her last week for allegedly breaking a 2016 campaign agreement.

A representative for Manigault Newman did not respond to a request for comment.


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