By Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune
on March 29, 2013 at 4:18 PM, updated March 29, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein has resigned, a statement from Gov. Bobby Jindal‘s office confirmed Friday. Speculation Greenstein would resign was rampant after news broke he allegedly used his influence as department head to secure a contract for a former employer.
Greenstein’s resignation will take effect May 1, after which DHH Deputy Secretary Kathy Klieber will as Interim Secretary, according to a press release sent by the governor’s office Friday afternoon. Courtney Phillips, current DHH Chief of Staff, will be named Interim Deputy Secretary.
In his resignation letter, Greenstein does not give a reason for his departure. Asked whether the hospitals secretary was forced out, Jindal spokesman Sean Lansing said in an email, “The governor did not ask Bruce to resign.” He later added that no one in the administration or among Jindal’s advisers asked Greenstein to resign.
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