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September 22, 2020
Katie A. v. Bonta, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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 California’s failure to provide…
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August 28, 2020
Amicus: Talevski v. Health and Hosp. Corp. of Marion Cty., U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Litigation Team Cases
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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August 19, 2020
Doe v. Snyder, Ninth Circuit
Litigation Team Cases
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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August 18, 2020
Amicus: State of Washington v. U.S. Dep’t Health & Human Servs., Western District of Washington
Litigation Team Cases
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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July 16, 2020
Amicus: Bellin v. Zucker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Litigation Team Court Document, Cases
The National Health Law Program, along with the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging, filed this brief in the Second Circuit in support of the plaintiff. Rosalind Bellin receives Medicaid in New York and needs in-home long term care services to live in her home safely. She…
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June 10, 2020
Amicus: Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania DHS, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Catherine McKee and Sarah Somers Cases
In 1985, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a state law restricting the use of public funding for abortions, finding that it did not violate the Pennsylvania Constitution. In January 2019, eight reproductive health centers filed suit seeking reconsideration of that decision and ultimately, a court order requiring the Commonwealth…
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Katie A. v. Bonta, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

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

Doe v. Snyder, Ninth Circuit

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

Amicus: Bellin v. Zucker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Amicus: Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania DHS, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania