At the request of the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee, the Commission examined the state Health Department’s certificate-of-need process and the efficacy of an executive branch policy aimed at insulating the program from abuse by unscrupulous officials. In a February 25, 1994 letter, the Commission recommended statutory codification of Gov. Whitman’s Executive Order No. 2, which sets forth criteria for the establishment of blind trusts by officials with financial holdings in such facilities.
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