Ceremony honors fallen officers, seriously injured and meritorious conduct
OLYMPIA—Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson awarded law enforcement officers with Washington state’s highest law enforcement award: The Medal of Honor. The medal is given to officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, who were seriously injured in the line of duty or who have displayed exceptionally meritorious conduct.
The press release is courtesy of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
OLYMPIA--The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is warning homeowners and businesses to steer clear of scam artists offering to pave driveways and resurface parking lots.
Sound Inpatient Physicians to make payment to state’s Medicaid Program
OLYMPIA—In response to allegations that it knowingly overbilled the state over an eight-year period, a Tacoma-based physician group will pay $259,649 to the state’s Medicaid program.
“Providers who participate in our state’s Medicaid program must accurately bill for services provided and accurately document those services in the patient record,” said Attorney General Bob Ferguson “If you participate in the Medicaid program, you must play by the rules.”
Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU) members and nonmembers continue to be the target of a text message and phone call scam.
Please read WSECU’s alert for more information:
OLYMPIA—The Attorney General’s Office has charged a Franklin County corrections officer with two counts of custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree.
The state alleges Justin Thomas Husom had sexual contact with two separate female inmates at the Franklin County jail while serving as a correction officer at the facility.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. The Franklin County Prosecutor referred the case to the AGO to avoid the appearance of conflict.
A JOINT RELEASE FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB FERGUSON
State triggers dispute resolution
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Attorney General’s Office and Department of Social and Health Services today issued the following answers to questions about the status of the Rekhter v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services case:
Q: How much did the State Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 ruling in Rekhter v. DSHS order DSHS to pay to care providers?
A: The Supreme Court ordered DSHS to pay $57 million in contract damages to certain care providers, plus $22 million in post-judgment interest. The total is $79 million.
OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined a coalition of attorneys general from 13 states that sent a letter yesterday to the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. The letter objects to proposed changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) that would strip states of the power to protect their citizens from dangerous chemicals.
Plan lacks specificity, accountability and enforceability
OLYMPIA…Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced the state is rejecting the U.S. Department of Energy’s March 31, 2014 proposal to amend the 2010 consent decree governing the retrieval and treatment of high-level radioactive and chemically hazardous waste at Hanford.
OLYMPIA—Clark County Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis has ruled that a Clark County sex offender is a sexually violent predator and should not be released into the community.
Washington’s Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) law allows the state Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to petition for the civil commitment of violent sex offenders who, because of a mental abnormality and/or personality disorder, are proven likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence if released.
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