Summary Class action about wait listing for ICF/MR services.
Progress Complaint upheld. Court ruled that 'reasonable promptness' requires a state to furnish ICF/MR services promptly once an application has been approved & therefore wait lists violate Medicaid law. Appeal court upheld this ruling

Summary Class action alleging unnecessary institutionalization of people with MR/DD.
Progress Settlement. Provides for closure of 2 of the 4 state DD centers by 2010 & funds for a new waiver for people moving to the community.

Summary Case challenging state policies in operating its HCBS waiver. It was amended to challenge the wait listing of individuals.
Progress Settlement. Provides for expansion of waiver for people with MR/DD.

Summary Class action where plaintiffs had sought but not received community services through Brain or Spinal Cord Injury waiver & state does not have a comprehensive effectively working plan for community integration.
Progress. Settlement talks ongoing

Summary Case brought on behalf of 5 residents of a nursing home in the grounds of a state psychiatric facility scheduled for closure. Plaintiffs argue that they have not been assessed for or given the option of community-based alternatives & are instead being transferred to nursing homes.
Progress State filed to dismiss the case.

Summary Plaintiff brought case to obtain Medicaid coverage for the nursing assistant he requires to stay at home and avoid institutionalization.
Progress Preliminary injunction granted to plaintiff for the provision of necessary Medicaid coverage for plaintiff to stay at home.