Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to kick 'unseemly characters' out of drug abuse treatment business

As prosecutions continue in a kickback and insurance fraud scheme carried out at a now-defunct Bucks County drug abuse treatment company, Pennsylvania lawmakers have taken notice and believe there are more messes to be cleaned up in the treatment industry.

State Rep. Tina Davis said she believes so many people are struggling with substance abuse that authorities have been soft on the industry that is supposed to help them.

“l have been talking about the unseemly characters in this business. Nobody wants to listen and they turn their heads because these people need help,” said Davis, a Bucks County Democrat.

In June, she stood on the porch of the former Yardley headquarters of scandal-ridden Liberation Way with two other lawmakers and called for passage of a bill that would make “patient brokering” by treatment companies a felony. Democrat state Sen. Steve Santarsiero of Bucks County has filed a bill identical to Davis’ in the Senate.

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(Allentown Morning Call)