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January 15, 2025
C.A. v. Garcia, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Litigation Team Cases
Plaintiffs are Medicaid-eligible children with a serious emotional disturbance who need intensive home and community-based services to treat or ameliorate their mental and behavioral health conditions. This class action arises from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services’ longstanding failure to provide the Plaintiff children with these legally-required…
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April 3, 2024
G.A. et al v. Bimestefer, District Court of Colorado
Litigation Team Cases
Plaintiffs are Disability Rights Colorado and three children on Medicaid who have serious behavioral health needs. As a result, the Children need intensive behavioral health service to remain safely at home and in their communities. Plaintiffs complain of gaps in Colorado Medicaid’s coverage of these services and, as a…
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October 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on Oklahoma Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Waiver for Serious Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Cathren Cohen Comments
NHeLP urges the Secretary not to approve the requested waiver because 1) Oklahoma asks the Secretary to waive provisions of the Medicaid Act the Secretary does not have the authority to waive; 2) Oklahoma has not proposed a genuine experiment or novel approach; 3) Oklahoma’s proposal risks diverting funds…
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October 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on MassHealth SMI-SED Supplemental Application Waiver
Jennifer Lav Comments
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject Massachusetts' proposed request to waiver to obtain federal finanical participation for services provided in Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD). HHS should reject Massachusett's application because Massachusetts did not provide adequate…
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September 23, 2020
Katie A. v. Los Angeles County, Central District of California/Western Division
Litigation Team Cases
Katie A. v. Bonta is a class action lawsuit that was filed in July 2002 against California’s State Departments of Health Care Services and Social Services (the state case), as well as Los Angeles County and its child welfare agency (the county case). It challenges the State and County’s…
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September 23, 2020
T.R. v. Dreyfus, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Litigation Team Cases
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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C.A. v. Garcia, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

G.A. et al v. Bimestefer, District Court of Colorado

NHeLP Comments on Oklahoma Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Waiver for Serious Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder

NHeLP Comments on MassHealth SMI-SED Supplemental Application Waiver

Katie A. v. Los Angeles County, Central District of California/Western Division

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