Archive for July, 2018

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July 31, 2018
National Health Law Program in Comments to HHS Opposes Changes to Title X
Susan Berke Fogel Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Health law Program strongly opposes the proposed changes to the Title X program. NHeLP argues that by reconfiguring who receives Title X funding, as well as the scope of family planning methods and services that…
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July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Jane Perkins Court Document
A broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance For Just Immigration v. Ross, in support of the litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to add a "citizenship" question to the 2020 census. The brief led by the…
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July 27, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case (CA v. U.S. )
Jane Perkins Court Document
An array of advocacy groups filed an amicus brief in California v. Ross, siding with Calif. Attorney General Xavier Becrra's lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to add a "citizenship" question to the 2020 census. The brief led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,…
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July 25, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Preliminary Injunction Decision
dfitzgerald Court Document
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Wisconsin health officials from enforcing a sweeping ban on medically necessary care for Wisconsin's transgender Medicaid beneficiaries. Read the preliminary injunction decision in Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Earlier this year, the…
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July 18, 2018
Medi-Cal Coverage of Transportation Services
Cathy Ren, Abigail Coursolle, and Alicia Emanuel Consumer Brochure
While Medicaid provides certain kinds of medically assisted transportation, all states have the ability to bolster transportation services and extend them to all Medicaid beneficiaries. California's Medicaid agency, Medi-Cal, provides Emergency Medical Transportation, Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, and Nonmedical Transportation (i.e., picking up drug prescriptions, visiting sick child in hospital).…
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July 17, 2018
Advocates’ Guide to Accessibility in Medicaid Managed Care Grievances and Appeal
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
Pursuant to new regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), state Medicaid agencies are now required to ensure that managed care plans in each state are complying with new procedural requirements for grievance and appeals systems. This Advocate's Guide from Disability Rights Education and Defense…
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National Health Law Program in Comments to HHS Opposes Changes to Title X

Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.

Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case (CA v. U.S. )

Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Preliminary Injunction Decision

Medi-Cal Coverage of Transportation Services

Advocates’ Guide to Accessibility in Medicaid Managed Care Grievances and Appeal