Shapiro admin rules for Pennsylvania Medicaid recipients spark lawsuit from people with disabilities
A Pennsylvania court struck down two Medicaid rules affecting residents with intellectual disabilities and autism. The Shapiro administration was sued for implementing the rules without following the required regulatory process. The court subsequently declared the rules null and void.
Earlier this year, some Pennsylvanians with disabilities and their families won a major victory. Commonwealth Court struck downtwo rules that affected people with intellectual disabilities and autism in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program, saying the state didn’t follow a required process for implementing those rules as regulations and “they must be considered null and void.” One rule...
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