Day: November 28, 2011

Caregivers are angry over unspent disabilities funding

Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein will try to explain to the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday how the Developmental Disabilities Administration left $38 million unspent over the last two years while 6,500 patients sit on a waiting list for state services. Most of the caregivers and advocates for the disabled were angry and upset after MarylandReporter.com reported about the unspent money three weeks ago, a surplus that forced $25 million in potential state aid to be reverted to the general fund. We profile three of the affected families.

State Roundup, November 28, 2011

PlanMaryland temporarily on hold; companies with interests in Maryland are donating big time to the Democratic Governors Association; Top 50 business and individual tax scofflaws owe $21 million, Franchot says; law requiring anti-freeze additive to take effect; state medical schools see rise in applications; O’Malley’s trade mission takes him to Qatar; supercommittee’s failure will also mean cuts to local programs; Bartlett will run in the 6th; UMCP to cut eight athletic programs; and the Obamas attend a TU basketball game.

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