'TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION' (THHSC) STATE AGENCY REP CECILIA LYNCH ON MARCH 22, 2018, AGREES IN WRITING TO LIMIT HER OPEN-RECORDS SEARCH FOR RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS TO THE TIME PERIOD EVER SINCE JANUARY 1, 2016, IN REGARD TO DOCUMENTS GENERATED BY A LITIGATION ATTORNEY FOR THAT STATE AGENCY WHICH EACH REFER TO A POSSIBLE PLANNED LAWSUIT BEING FILED BY THHSC THAT DIRECTLY REFERS TO MYSELF, JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN OF AUSTIN

On Thursday, March 22, 2018 8:53 AM, "Lynch,Cecilia (HHSC/DARS)" wrote:

Thank you.
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From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net] 

Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 8:30 PM

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Subject: reply to HHSC on PIR re: referral to 2 of HHSC's top litigation attys

To: THHSC paralegal Cecilia Lynch, "Open Records and Subrogation", Office of Chief Counsel, Texas Health and Human Services Commission state agency, Austin, Texas.

Your office phone number: (512) 424-6619. Your office FAX: 512-424-6665.

March 21, 2018

Dear Ms. Lynch,

Thank you for your March 21, 2018-dated e-mailed reply letter to me, seeking clarification on the date range for my March 18, 2018-dated public-information request (below) to your state agency.

I hereby wish to clarify that the date range for the cited Open Records request is any time from 12:01 a.m. January 1, 2016, through the present.

With your kind permission, I seek to revise the following opening paragraph from my March 18, 2018-dated email public-information request to your state agency, WITH THE FOLLOWING BOLD-FACED TEXT BEING INSERTED AT THIS TIME:

"This is a public information request in which I seek to obtain from your state agency in Austin a copy of any and all e-mail correspondence or letters or legal notes or phone messages generated AT ANY TIME SINCE 12:01 A.M. JANUARY 1, 2016, by any of your state agency's litigation attorneys in Austin that cite a legal issue that your state agency has identified in regard to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, for which a possible lawsuit referring to myself by your state agency has been determined by your state agency as a possible legal option for your state agency to pursue."

Thank you again for your reply note. I hope to hear from you soon in response to this public-information request from myself.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan.
Home address: Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
My Blog: John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda
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John Kevin McMillan
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On Sunday, March 18, 2018 11:43 AM, John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

March 18, 2018

Dear Public Information Coordinator for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission state agency of the State Government of Texas in Austin, Texas,

This is a public information request in which I seek to obtain from your state agency in Austin a copy of any and all e-mail correspondence or letters or legal notes or phone messages generated by any of your state agency's litigation attorneys in Austin that cite a legal issue that your state agency has identified in regard to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, for which a possible lawsuit referring to myself by your state agency has been determined by your state agency as a possible legal option for your state agency to pursue.

This public-information request was prompted by the following e-mail reply letter (last item, below) from your state agency I received on Feb. 26, 2018, in which an official of your state agency in Austin invited me to contact two of the top litigation attorneys for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in Austin, Texas.

My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. My date of birth is April 27, 1957. My e-mail address is: mcmillanj@att.net. My home address is: Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, Texas, 78759.

Thank you in advance for your prompt and authoritative reply letter to me in response to this public-information request from myself.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan.
10926 Jollyville Road, Apartment 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
My Blog: John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda

John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda
Observations for a rationally religious and implicitly deistic modern religion, public-policy writing, creative ...
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On Monday, February 26, 2018 5:18 PM, HHSC Contact <Contact@hhsc.state.tx.us> wrote:

Mr. McMillan,

Thank you for your inquiry received at the Office of Ombudsman. You may call Russ Harris at 512-487-3355 or Ralph Longmire at 512-487-3440 to discuss legal
matters.

I hope this information is helpful.

If you have any questions or need additional information, you may contact our office at 1‑877‑787‑8999 or visit us online at www.hhsc.state.tx.us/ombudsman.

Thank you,

Laura Miyakawa
Ombudsman I- Hotline Unit
1-877-787-8999

To learn more about the HHSC Office of the Ombudsman visit:
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/ombudsman.




John Kevin McMillan