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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
United States v. State of Idaho

1:22-cv-00329 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2022

Closed Date: March 5, 2025

On August 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho to protect what it alleged were rights of patients to access emergency abortion care guaranteed by federal law. The suit challenged Idaho Code § 18-622, which was set to go into effect on Aug. 25 and to impose a near-total ban on abortion. The complaint sought a declaratory judgment that § 18-622 conflicted with, and was preempted by, the federal Emergency Medical Treatment …

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Franciscan Alliance, LLC v. Burwell

7:16-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

On August 23, 2016, religiously-affiliated health organizations and five states (Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Kansas) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act claiming violations of these Acts, as well as their First, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh Amendment rights. The plaintiff…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jimmo v. Sebelius

5:11-cv-00017 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2011

This case concerns the "Improvement Standard," a rule of thumb that required many beneficiaries to show a likelihood of medical or functional improvement before Medicare would pay for skilled nursing and therapy services. As a result, some people were forced into nursing homes or suffered other adverse medical outcomes. This lawsuit was brought against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by five individual plaintiffs who were Medicare beneficiaries and five national organization p…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Meza v. Marstiller

3:22-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 17, 2022

On July 17, 2022, two low-income adults in Florida with bladder and bowel incontinence, along with Disability Rights Florida—Florida’s federally funded protection and advocacy system—filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The plaintiffs sought to compel the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to cover medically necessary incontinence supplies through Florida’s Medicaid program for individuals who were 21 a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Texas v. Brooks-LaSure

6:21-cv-00191 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 14, 2021

Closed Date: May 10, 2022

This is a case about the Biden administration's attempt to rescind a Medicaid waiver granted to the State of Texas. On May 14, 2021, Texas and its Health and Human Services Commission filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Acting Administrator for CMS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of HHS, and the federal government. Texas brought suit under…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Donegan v. Norwood

1:16-cv-11178 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2016

Closed Date: April 17, 2022

This case concerns the Americans with Disabilities Act and age discrimination.  On December 8th, 2016, the named plaintiff, a young man with a disability requiring regular medical aid, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals.  The plaintiff sued the Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (“HFS”).  Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Garcia v. Johnson

2:09-cv-01747 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 24, 2009

Closed Date: April 23, 2010

On April 24, 2009, a class action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit alleged that the defendants violated the Social Security Act, federal regulations, and the Due Process Clause. The plaintiffs consisted of two elderly Pennsylvanians who were Medicare recipients, as well as two nonprofit organizations, Arc of Pennsylvania and Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE). They were represented by two non-profit…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
State of Texas v. Becerra

2:21-cv-00229 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2022

On November 15, 2021, the State of Texas and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (collectively, “Texas”) filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to challenge an interim final rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS Vaccine Mandate”). The CMS Vaccine Mandate required vaccination against COVID-19 for all “faculty staff” including employees, trainees, students, volunteers, and contractors “who provide any care, treatment…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Trump

1:18-cv-03636 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2018

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. This case was filed in the fall of 2018, after the State Department made changes to its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) that revised the public char…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Make the Road New York v. Pompeo

1:19-cv-11633 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2019

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. In the fall of 2019, district court judges from across the country granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from implement…