D.C. Panel Remands Dispute Over Disabled Individuals Seeking Community Care

Mealey's (July 11, 2019, 11:29 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A dismissal by a District of Columbia federal judge of allegations that the district violated federal law when it refused to transition physically disabled individuals to community-based care after 90 consecutive days in a nursing facility was reversed and remanded July 5 by the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Ivy Brown, et al. v. District of Columbia, No. 17-7152, D.C. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20058)....