Date filed: 1992
Case status: Closed (Mar 1998)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : FL1³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action about wait listing for ICF/MR services. Progress Complaint upheld. Court ruled that 'reasonable promptness' requires a state to furnish ICF/MR services promptly once an application has been approved & therefore wait lists violate Medicaid law. Appeal court upheld this ruling. Further details [http://laws.findlaw.com/11th/965144man.html]

Date filed: Jan 1998²
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : FL2³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action alleging the unnecessary institutionalization of individuals with MR/DD^a. Progress Settlement proposed (includes closure of 2 of the 4 state DD centers by 2010 & funds for a new waiver for people moving into the community) but objections have been raised from groups interested in preserving institutions.

Date filed: 2000
Case status: Closed (Aug 2001)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : FL3³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Case challenging state policies in operating its HCBS^c waiver. It was amended to challenge the wait listing of individuals. Progress Settlement. The HCBS^c waiver for people with MR/DD^aexpanded but new issues arose, including a 'post-Prado' wait list of people not covered by the settlement. A motion citing breach of settlement was filed but rejected (Mar 2004).

Date filed: Apr. 2003
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : FL4³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action where plaintiffs had sought but not received community services through Brain or Spinal Cord injury HCBS^c waiver. Progress Trial scheduled & settlement proposed. Further details [http://www.newswise.com/articles/2003/4/SLC.PIL.html]

Date filed: Dec. 2003
Case status: Open
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : FL5¹⁸
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Case brought on behalf of 5 residents of a nursing home in the grounds of a state psychiatric facility scheduled for closure. Plaintiffs argue that they have not been assessed for or given the option of, community-based alternatives & are instead being transferred to nursing homes. Progress State filed to dismiss the case.