Date filed: 1982⁷
Case status: Closed (Jun 1993⁷)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : KY1³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action alleged the state did not properly administer the Medicaid Pre-Admission Screening & Resident Review (PASRR) for people with MR/DD^a in nursing facilities. Under PASRR states must take steps to provide specialized services for these individuals &/or arrange community placement if appropriate. Progress Settlement. Further details [http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/92-351.ZS.html]

Date filed: May. 1996
Case status: Closed
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : KY2²
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
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 (requires service provision to be based on medical need, not cost).

Date filed: Feb. 2002
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : KY3³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action about a long waiting list for Medicaid sevices despite increases in state funding. Class is "all present and future Kentuckians with MR and/or related conditions who live with caretakers who are eligible for, and have requested but are not receiving medical assistance, community residential and/or support services." Progress Trial scheduled. Further details [http://www.kypa.net/comm_svcs/waitinglist.html]

Date filed: Oct. 2003
Case status: Closed (Aug 2004)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : KY4³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
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.