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Nebrask
Democratic Party State Central Committee Unanimously
Condemns Status at Beatrice State Developmental Center Lincoln, NE--- The Nebraska Democratic Party’s Central Committee unanimously adopted a strongly worded resolution condemning the situation at the Beatrice State Developmental Center. The action took place Saturday at the Central Committee in Fort Omaha Metro Community College. The Nebraska Democrats called for the Beatrice State Developmental Center to become re-certified for Federal Medicaid funds and to comply with the July 2008 Settlement Agreement with the Department of Justice. The Resolution emphasized that the neglect and miss-management will cost Nebraska taxpayers $56 million dollars. Last month, the State lost its appeal. It will take at least two years to get re-certified “Heineman is personally and directly responsible for the gross mismanagement of the BSDC,” said State Chair Vic Covalt. “He signed the Settlement Agreement to protect the patients down there, yet more deaths have occurred. Heineman is a bad governor who continues to fail our most needy citizens and all Nebraska taxpayers.” The resolution also called for criminal investigations of significant incidences of neglect and abuse of the Developmentally Disabled. The State entered the settlement agreement after a Department of Justice Lawsuit was filed alleging the conditions at BSDC unconstitutionally violated the Individual rights of patients. The latest Expert Report filed last week in Court states that there is still much to be done to restore BSDC to the fine institution it was before Johanns and Heineman became governors. |
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