Summary Class action alleged the state did not properly administer PASRR for people with MR/DD in nursing facilities. Under PASRR states must take steps to provide specialized services for these people &/or arrange for community placement if appropriate.
Progress Settlement

Summary Class action alleging the state was not providing information or services to children under 21 as required under the Medicaid EPDST program.
Progress Settlement. Provides that service provision to be based on medical need, not cost.

Summary Class action regarding a long waiting list for Medicaid services despite increases in state funding. Class is "all present & future Kentuckians with MR &/or related conditions who live with caretakers who are eligible for, & have requested but are not receiving medical assistance, community residential &/or support services."
Progress Settlement. Provides for the addition of $45 million in state funds during the 2006-08 biennium to expand community services with funding to increase through 2010. Total funding would increase from $303 million in 2006 to $485 million in 2010.

Summary Class action (seniors & people with disabilities) who lost eligibility for services after the state narrowed long-term care eligibility by raising the threshold of functional impairment to qualify for support.
Progress Settlement. Provides that the state revise eligibility regulations for nursing facility and waiver services and requires the state to re-evaluate applicants who were denied services under the previous rules.