Official: Actions Against Planned Parenthood Are Not Final
The Texas official in charge of the Medicaid inquiry of Planned Parenthood says that the organization has not been terminated from that federal health care program and that it would take at least a month to determine whether it should be.
In an interview Saturday with The Texas Tribune, Stuart Bowen Jr., head of the Office of Inspector General at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, said the “notice of termination” sent to Planned Parenthood last week is the start of a civil enforcement process — and not a final determination of the organization’s status as a Medicaid provider in Texas.
“We did not terminate them,” he said. “We began a process ... inclusive of the development of evidence.”
The wording of that notice, along with public statements from the governor and other top state officials, made last week’s actions sound more final than they are.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/24/bowen-actions-against-planned-parenthood-are-not-f/
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