CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS ARE REVIEWING REHABS DUE TO SO MUCH FRAUD

LA TIMES - CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS REVIEWING REHAB CENTERS - FRAUD REPORTS  article by Chris Megerian.

"California officials are conducting a statewide review of taxpayer-funded drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in the wake of reports detailing fraud in the multimillion-dollar program. "We are deeply concerned," said Toby Douglas, director of the California Department of Health Care Services. "We have to put all our resources into fighting fraud in this program." The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN, in a series of joint reports beginning earlier this week, said some clinics have been billing the state for patients who don't show up or don't have substance-abuse problems. In the last two fiscal years, $94 million was sent to 56 clinics in Southern California where there was evidence of improper billing, the reports said.

A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE HOMELESS. WHY? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY ARE DRUG ADDICTS and SOME SHELTERS ARE MOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DRUG ADDICTS TO REHABS or REQUIRING REHAB FIRST. IF YOUR CHOICE IS TO STAY ON THE STREET OR LIE THAT YOU NEED REHAB IS THERE A CHOICE?

COMPANION ANIMALS ? AT THE SHELTER?

Under federal law, service animals and emotional support animals are addressed in several statutes, including the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Housing Act (FHA), and the Air Carriers Access Act (ACAA). PDF FILE - 14 PAGES - ON ANIMAL COMPANIONS

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Companion Animals are not just for emotional support or for mental patients.  Companion Animals also may be trained to alert you to a seizure before it happens, to alert you to take medications, to alert you if there is a fire (or someone at your door or coming through your window) or other emergency,  to wake you up, to guide you when you are blind...

MOST PEOPLE - BUSINESS OWNERS - LIBRARIANS - RESTAURANTEERS seem to only know  about GUIDE DOGS for the BLIND. 

Usually it takes a doctor to elevate your pet to COMPANION ANIMAL STATUS and we think it's a good idea to carry information on you incase you are stopped or questioned.