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CDREA has been posing the question to federal regulators for the past couple of weeks of the extent to which EPSDT could be considered as providing civil, constitutional rights to children with disabilities. The response has just come back in writing: yes, there are civil rights issues related to EPSDT. The implications of this . . . → Read More: EPSDT as Civil Right under the Americans with Disabilities Act A federal judge in North Carolina today issued a preliminary injunction halting cuts in Medicaid home and community support services until a lawsuit regarding the cuts can be heard. Last week, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief in support of the lawsuit, citing a U.S. Supreme Court . . . → Read More: Federal Judge in North Carolina halts Medicaid cuts as violation of Olmstead A U.S. District Court judge in California yesterday put a halt to Medicaid cuts in home and community services that were due to go into effect on November 1. “This is a big day for people with disabilities, their families and seniors throughout the state – their right to stay safely in their homes . . . → Read More: California court decision stops Medicaid home service cuts A report by the Government Accounting Office released Wednesday raises concerns about states’ use of stimulus funds, citing “internal control deficiencies”. The report notes the “possible risk for the quality and reliability of these data” received from the states. The three recommendations made in the report all center on the need for “clearer accountability . . . → Read More: GAO report cites state lack of accountability for stimulus funds Please read and consider signing our petition – states are continuing to make cuts in services that have a serious impact on the quality of life of our elderly and our people with disabilities while billions of stimulus funds sit in their bank accounts. Thank you Terri for your help! . . . → Read More: We’re Site of the Day on About.com’s Special Needs Children forum Hawaii’s Medicaid program has come under federal scrutiny by one Federal department, and is pending scrutiny by another. The severe budget cuts that Hawaii has been making in its DDMR waiver program, and the way Medicaid is functioning under the new managed care (for profit) system that began February 1, are the objects of . . . → Read More: Feds Investigate Hawaii Medicaid Cuts — News for disability rights advocates Did you know that your state has already received millions, possibly hundreds of millions of Federal Funds that can ONLY be spent on Medicaid. It’s a simple “understood” condition of the states getting these new federal grants that are from the Recovery Act, that certain funds can’t be spent on anything other than Medicaid, . . . → Read More: Why we need to watch-dog how our states are spending our Recovery Act billion$ Pennsylvania has now become the sixth state I’ve learned about that has a pending court case based on violations of the civil rights of individuals with disabilities. |
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