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  • Franklin v. Kinsley, Eastern District of North Carolina

    Litigation Team

    This case was formerly known as Hawkins v. Cohen. Adults and children enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action in North Carolina challenging the State’s policy and practice of making automatic ex parte redeterminations of Medicaid eligibility and terminating Medicaid coverage without providing adequate notice or opportunity for a…

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  • S.J, et. al v. Knodell, Western District of Missouri

    This case was formerly known as S.J v. Tidball. Nine children with medically complex conditions who are enrolled in Medicaid in Missouri challenged the Missouri Department of Social Services' failure to provide or arrange for medically necessary in-home nursing services as required by the Medicaid Act and the Americans…

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  • C.K. v. Bassett, Eastern District of N.Y.

    Plaintiffs are two children on Medicaid who have been deprived of the intensive mental health services necessary for them to remain safely at home and in their communities, as required under the Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment mandate. Plaintiffs filed this action on behalf of a…

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  • Cyrus ex rel. McSweeney v. Nusbaum Southern District of West Virginia

    Litigation Team

    In 2004, a class of recipients of West Virginia’s Medicaid HCBS waiver program for older adults and people with disabilities was granted a preliminary injunction that restored HCBS benefits that had been terminated the year before and required the state to provide adequate notice that explained the reasons for…

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  • Amicus: N.R. v. Raytheon Company, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

    Litigation Team

    National Health Law Program, Autism Legal Research Center and eight other organizations submitted an amicus brief in the First District of the U.S. Court of Appeals. The brief was filed to address the failure of insurance plans to fully disclose required information about behavioral health services and limitations on…

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  • T.R. v. Dreyfus, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

    Litigation Team

    This class action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) was brought on behalf of Medicaid-eligible children under age 21 in Washington State who were denied necessary intensive home and community-based mental health services. The lawsuit also claimed that the state has failed to…

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