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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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  • Katie A. v. Bonta, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

    Litigation Team

    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 California’s failure to provide…

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  • Amicus: Talevski v. Health and Hosp. Corp. of Marion Cty., U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

    Litigation Team

    The National Health Law Program and 11 other organizations filed this brief in the 7th Circuit in support of the Mr. Talevski, who is alleging the improper chemical restraint and discharge from a state-operated, Medicaid-funded nursing facility. Mr. Talevski’s family filed a lawsuit to enforce his rights under the…

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  • Doe v. Snyder, Ninth Circuit

    Litigation Team

    Two transgender young people enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit challenging an Arizona regulation that prohibits coverage of medically necessary gender-confirming surgery. The plaintiffs allege that the discriminatory coverage exclusion violates: (1) the EPSDT requirements in the Medicaid Act; (2) the comparability requirement in the Medicaid Act;…

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  • Amicus: State of Washington v. U.S. Dep’t Health & Human Servs., Western District of Washington

    Litigation Team

    The National Health Law Program filed this brief, signed by 11 other organizations in support of the State of Washington’s efforts to enjoin the Administration’s changes to the rules for the ACA’s non-discrimination provision, Section 1557. The 2020 Revised Rule regarding section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable…

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  • Amicus: June Medical Services v. Gee, U.S. Supreme Court

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    The National Health Law Program and The National Network of Abortion Funds filed an amicus brief opposing Louisiana’s unconstitutional admitting-privileges requirement. Louisiana has constructed an imposing, and in some cases impossibly high, impediment to those seeking abortion care in the state. If it had been allowed to go into…

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