A woman who got national publicity for her sick daughter is now accused of making her ill. The authorities say the mother duped doctors into ordering 200 hospitalizations and 40 surgical operations and even injected the girl, now 8 years old, with fecal bacteria.

The woman, Kathy Bush, of Coral Springs, was arrested on Monday on charges of aggravated child abuse and released on a $3,500 bond. The girl, Jennifer, was put under state care. Her father was not charged.

The arrest comes after lengthy public attention for Jennifer's plight. Her ill health has been publicized in Florida newspapers and USA Today and on NBC's "Today" program. Jennifer sat beside Hillary Rodham Clinton at a gathering two years ago to call attention to the Administration's efforts to overhaul health care.

Both Jennifer and her mother have testified at Congressional hearings on health care costs.

The authorities say Mrs. Bush suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare form of child abuse in which an adult makes a child ill to get attention. Mrs. Bush is also charged with fraud because officials say she received unnecessary medical goods and services for her daughter. The mother has said her daughter's medical bills reached $3 million; most were paid by Medicaid and the state.