Fraud or Incompetence @ Health Department?

[throatstick]

getting 5 million in uncashed checks into the bank would be top priority in any other agency or business. there is no way anyone, on either side of this issue, can trust the DOH.

1284 is a bad bill that puts authority and responsibility in the hands of an agency that is failing its role now. This regulatory framework will crumble FAST to the embarrassment of the state.

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yes and i do recall a time limit to cash ck's? what a nice way to void your card for non payment???glad i paid cash in the office instead of mailing it in.

[throatstick]

I attribute it to not enough staff, underestimation of demand and the newness of the program. Government hiring is significantly more complicated than you believe; it isn't a matter of opening envelopes, cashing checks and hiring people. The const. restrictions on that money further complicate the problem of hiring. FWIW, the account is flush with money, much of which will now go to the DoR to administer the new dispensary regs. (I also believe our patient fees will drop sixteen or seventeen bucks this year.)

roflmao"drop" roflmao.

[throatstick]

Having worked for the VA for several years I am aware of the process on a federal level. You forget the program has been going for 10 years and always had problems that should have been addressed like 24 hour access for law enforcement to verify cards, they have always had a fat budget since the program pays for itself. It's incompetence on managements part not to address these issues until they are over run. These folks need to be replaced and get a real management team in there to clean up this mess.

yea try that anywhere else and your gone in a hurry.what a nice way for money to go missing.

[TheReleafCenter]

Having worked for the VA for several years I am aware of the process on a federal level. You forget the program has been going for 10 years and always had problems that should have been addressed like 24 hour access for law enforcement to verify cards, they have always had a fat budget since the program pays for itself. It's incompetence on managements part not to address these issues until they are over run. These folks need to be replaced and get a real management team in there to clean up this mess.

How could the management of the registry have seen this coming? And if they had, they would still have to go through the same channels that they have multiple times to request more staff. I think this is misdirected.

[michaelnights]

I believe the State Legislature sets the number of employees, wages paid, etc. by the DPH&E. In January the DPH&E pleaded with the state to allow them to access the mmj fund to hire more full time and part time employees to process mmj applications. Since then the number of applications received per day has dramatically increased. It is unclear if the legislature approved the DPH&E's request, and if so, has the DPH&E has started the public notice for hiring, background checks, training, etc.?

I am no friend of the DPH&E. I feel their "public health" backgrounds cause them to be strongly anti-mmj. However, in this case, I believe it's as much the fault of the CO GA as the DPH&E.

A pox on both their houses!

[denverbear]

So if they can't hire full time very easily why then can't they just go hire some temps for a couple of months to help the situation...it's not like they don't have the money... and the goverment does in other dept's hire temps in need by need situation. !!!: mad:

[HighPopalorum]

The article says they already have ten temps in addition to three full-time employees.

[copobo]

if you can hire 10 temps, you can hire 30.

Why would 12 people only be able to process 300 a day?

that works out to about 3.1 per hour, per person. How long does it take to plug a name and address in and verify a doctor against a list?

are they having a party down there or what?

[Adamkadmon]

The article says they already have ten temps in addition to three full-time employees.

What are those numbers supposed to show? Yep, ten temps...well they did all they could obviously. ostexcuseme: I think it's pretty obvious this was mismanaged by the people who were supposed to be making it work. Or we can just keep passing the buck along, I'm sure someone will eventually take responsibility. If this was a business there would be lawsuits.

[throatstick]

if you can hire 10 temps, you can hire 30.

Why would 12 people only be able to process 300 a day?

that works out to about 3.1 per hour, per person. How long does it take to plug a name and address in and verify a doctor against a list?

are they having a party down there or what?

it takes along time to do all of that when you sit around grab assing all day. dmv?lmao all gov workers drag ass all day most of em are lazy and paid to be that way too.