The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has collected $12 million dollars from perpetrators of Medicaid fraud so far this fiscal year, more than six times the amount recovered in all of fiscal 2012.
Day: January 17, 2013
State Roundup, January 17, 2012
Gov. O’Malley proposes a $37.3 billion budget without new taxes or major cuts, while offering a boost in state worker pay; among the highlights: a boost in public safety funds to local jurisdictions; $31.5 million for the Chesapeake Bay Trust Fund; and school construction funding; the state scraps its plan to build a juvenile jail in Baltimore City; Senate President Miller wants to add “teacher killers” to death penalty eligibility list; Sen. Kittleman suggests recording committee meetings for transparency; would be gubernatorial candidate Harford Exec Craig fails to meet financial disclosure deadline; but Lt. Gov. Brown and Howard Exec Ken Ulman make theirs; and jury for Arundel Exec Leopold expected to be seated today.
O’Malley budget seeks $37.3 billion, up 4.3%
Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday proposed a total budget for fiscal 2014 of $37.3 billion, a $1.5 billion increase or 4.3% more than this year’s total spending, including money set aside as a surplus and rainy day fund.
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