Date filed: 1997
Case status: Closed (Feb 1998⁷)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CT1³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action about limits on payments for medical equipment to items on a Social Services Dept list. It prompted the HCFA (now CMS) to clarify policies regarding coverage of medical equipment, requiring states to provide individuals "a meaningful opportunity for seeking modifications of or exceptions to a State's pre-approved list." ¹⁵ Progress Settlement. Further details [http://cms.hhs.gov/states/letters/smd90498.asp]

Date filed: Oct. 2001
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CT2³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action involving waiver recipients who are waitlisted or denied other services. Plaintiffs used CMS guidance as evidence (Olmstead Letter #4) Progress Settlement. Further details [http://arcct.com/WaitingListComplaint0203.htm] [http://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/Opinions/082002.jba.omeara.pdf]

Date filed: 2001
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CT3²
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary The elderly plaintiff had received HCBS^c & PAS under the state waiver for years but the provider agency repeatedly failed to provide the required amount of care. As a result the plaintiff experienced falls & some aides were injured. The agency withdrew services on the grounds that they could not provide safe care, leaving the plaintiff at risk of institutionalization. Progress Ongoing.

Date filed: Nov. 2002
Case status: Closed (Dec 2003)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CT4³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Non-class action (similar to Desario v. Thomas, CT1) claiming that in refusing to pay for medical equipment not covered by Medicare & operating an arbitrary list of approved devices, the State restricted access to equipment for independent living thereby increasing risk of institutionalization. Progress Settlement (a revised list was formed, including rights for appealing decisions).

Date filed: n/aⁱⁱ
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CT5¹¹
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Southbury is an institution for people with developmental disabilities. This case was filed by People First of Connecticut, The Arc, Connecticut & the Western Connecticut Association for Human Rights Progress Awaiting decision.