Some members of the University of Maryland Medical System’s oversight board also have contracts with the hospital chain.
By Erin Cox and Erin Cox Local reporter covering Maryland state politics Email Bio Follow Ovetta Wiggins Ovetta Wiggins Local reporter covering Maryland state politics Email Bio Follow March 15 at 5:42 PM Maryland’s governor and top lawmakers on Friday promised tough scrutiny for the University of Maryland Medical System and the financial deals awarded to some board members who oversee it.
Board members who have such deals include Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh , whose financial disclosure form listed a $100,000 profit for one year from selling 20,000 copies of her self-published children’s books series “Healthy Holly” to the hospital system. “It’s at the very least the very definition of the appearance of impropriety,” Carter said. “You sit on the board, you’re there as a volunteer to make good policy and good decisions for patients and for the community, and you are actually gaining millions of dollars just by the fact that you are there and you have the power to steer business your way.”A UMMS spokesman did not provide a response to questions from The Washington Post on Friday.
The House of Delegates also advanced a measure to ban the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos. Under the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed outlawing its use on agriculture. The Trump administration reversed course.
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