August 4, 2008
Prison Medical Receiver Seeks Broad Exemptions to Pay Cuts, Layoffs
The receiver for California's prison health care system is seeking exemptions for most corrections department employees from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) order to reduce some state employees' pay to the federal minimum wage and lay off other employees, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
In a letter to the administration on Friday, receiver J. Clark Kelso said he would exempt all corrections department employees except those working in parole and juvenile divisions from the governor's order (Yi/Sondag, San Francisco Chronicle, 8/2).
Kelso said, "There's a pervasive interconnectedness between delivering medical services and everything else corrections does…"
LINK - CaliforniaHealthLine.org
