Bill better than it was made to sound

OK, I’ll admit to a certain naïveté. I recently read a May 20 article written by Ted Appel, Associated Press, that truly puzzled me.

The headline was: “Evans bill repeals fingerprint program for caregivers.”

Quoting the article, “Lawmakers on Thursday passed SB 930 on a 23-16 party-line vote. The bill by Democratic Sen. Noreen Evans of Santa Rosa now moves to the Assembly.

“In 2009, Schwarzenegger suggested that as many as 25 percent of caregivers in the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program were defrauding taxpayers. The governor signed legislation requiring those caring for seniors and the disabled to provide fingerprints on their timesheets. Evans says the requirement should be repealed because it costs the state money and doesn’t really fight fraud.”

Read letter, Napa Valley Register