-
The Justice Department is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.
-
The state appealed a federal judge's ruling about whether it was improperly institutionalizing children who often require 24/7 care and have needs such as ventilators, feeding tubes and breathing tubes.
-
Even on a fast track, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says, the arguments between the state and DOJ will not happen until after final briefs are filed on Dec. 6.
-
The Justice Department urged the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to turn down the state's request for a stay of an injunction issued in July.
-
The state seeks a stay on an injunction that would require Florida's Medicaid program to provide 90% of the private-duty nursing hours to help children live in family homes instead of nursing homes.
-
After the school district agreed to pay $440,000 to resolve a lawsuit over its use of the Baker Act on students, some advocates want more protections for children.
-
The federal judge wrote that he is “not persuaded that Florida will suffer irreparable damage without a stay," but that noncompliance can bring substantial harm to institutionalized children.
-
A key part of the decision would require the state to increase the availability of private-duty nursing that could help children receive care outside of nursing homes. The state says complying is "impossible."
-
With the public health emergency over, some states have already stopped the Medicaid payments while others have yet to make them permanent.
-
When a grant for accessible playground equipment didn't cover all the costs, the students at a Minnesota elementary school launched a fundraising campaign.