Families of Disabled Children Sue Texas Over Medicaid Cuts
Relatives of children with disabilities are joining therapy providers in a lawsuit against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, weeks before the agency is scheduled to slash payments to a therapy program for the poor.
The families and therapy providers have asked a Travis County judge to stop the state from implementing the budget cuts on Sept. 1, alleging they will cause "immediate and irreparable injury" to thousands of kids in the state's Medicaid program.
"Those rates will force Texas Medicaid providers to cease providing services critical to the health and development of Texas' most vulnerable residents, its children," the suit reads.
Home health agencies have rallied support against the cuts with an aggressive public relations campaign, saying their industry will face an average 20 percent reduction in revenue. That, they say, will lead businesses to close — and could leave as many as 60,000 severely disabled children without access to medically necessary services in their homes.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/11/families-disabled-children-sue-texas-over-medicaid/
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