Class Certification Granted In Suit Over Deficient Long-Term Care Waiver Services

(December 1, 2023, 4:51 PM EST) -- CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire federal judge granted class certification to disabled persons who, on behalf of similarly situated persons, sued the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NHDHHS), asserting violations of their rights under the 14th Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act and the Medicaid Act for failure to provide them with adequate community-based long-term care services through the Choices for Independence (CFI) Medicaid Waiver, finding, in part, that the disabled persons showed “that the defendants’ actions apply generally to the class.”...