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NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
American Health Care Association v. Kennedy

2:24-cv-00114 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 23, 2024

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was about a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on May 10, 2024, 89 Fed. Reg. 40876 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule imposed stricter staffing standards on all nursing homes that participated in Medicare or Medicaid, including requiring a registered nurse to be onsite 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (“24/7 RN requirement”) and requiring a minimum number of nursing staff hours per resident per day regardless of the residents’ specific needs (“HPRD require…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
State of Kansas v. Becerra

1:24-cv-00110 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenges national nursing home staffing and reporting requirements. Twenty states and several organizational plaintiffs collectively filed suit on October 8, 2024, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Secretary of DHHS, as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administrator of CMS. Plaintiffs set forth the following facts in their complaint: In February 2022, se…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Connor v. Maryland Department of Health

1:24-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 15, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a disability rights case about state inspections of nursing homes in Maryland. On May 15, 2024, five nursing home residents filed this putative class action lawsuit against Maryland's Department of Health (MDOH) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Plaintiffs sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, alleging that MDOH failed to conduct annual inspections of Medicaid- and Medicare-funded nursing facilities and all…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. One Boyertown Properties LP

5:20-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

Background This is a case about accessibility for people with disabilities in senior living communities. On December 11, 2020, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against fourteen companies who had designed, built, and/or owned fifteen buildings that housed independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the defendants under the …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. State of Colorado

1:23-cv-02538 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case was about the rights of disabled Coloradans who receive Medicaid assistance to live in their own communities rather than in institutional settings like nursing homes.  On September 29, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the state of Colorado in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The case was initially assigned to Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak. The DOJ brought this lawsuit after issuing a letter of findings of civil ri…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Simmons v. Baker

1:22-cv-11715 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about how the state of Massachusetts allowed thousands of people with disabilities to languish and often deteriorate in nursing facilities, even though they could be living independently. On October 11, 2022, six individuals with disabilities residing in nursing facilities in Massachusetts filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sued Governor Charlie Baker and state officials employed at the Executive Office of Health a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Murphy v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:16-cv-02623 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2016

Case Ongoing

This case alleging that the Minnesota Department of Human Services' (DHS) reliance on group homes for individuals with disabilities made it difficult for individuals who wanted to live on their own to find housing. On August 3, 2016, individuals with disabilities who lived in group housing in Minnesota—including some who had tried to secure individual housing—as well as their guardians filed suit against the DHS and its commissioner. The plaintiffs alleged a violation of the Medicaid Act's fair…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights California v. Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center

2:09-cv-03664 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 22, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2010

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency's records access authority. On May 22, 2009, Disability Rights California (DRC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center, a nursing facility whose residents included people with disabilities, and SunBridge, the company that operated it. DRC alleged that Sierra Vista violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI), 42 U.…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living

4:17-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 13, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 13, 2017, elderly and dependent residents with physical or cognitive impairments who lived in assisted living facilities, represented by private counsel, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the US District Court of the Northern District of California under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and California state law against the corporation that owned the facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant's California facilities and services failed to meet access…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. State of Tennessee

1:09-cv-01012 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2009

Closed Date: 2009

After conducting an investigation into the conditions at state-run Tennessee State Homes for Veterans (TSHVs), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the State of Tennessee in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on January 16, 2009. TSHVs served as care facilities for veterans in need of intermediate or long-term rehabilitation, medical, or nursing care. During the underlying investigation, which began in February 2007 and occurred with the ful…