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TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, the president’s choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, is facing questions about increased state payments to a social-services group whose board includes the chairman of the state Democratic Party.
Last fall, Sebelius’ secretary of social and rehabilitation services, Don Jordan, approved an increased rate for Community Living Opportunities, a nonprofit group that provides services to the developmentally disabled, that amounted to $713,000.
Jordan said his decision was based on the severe disabilities of some of the group’s clients. Sebelius said there was nothing improper about it.
