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Disability Rights Florida Sues Florida Department of Corrections for Breach of Settlement Agreement
Disability Rights Florida, Florida’s federally-funded Protection and Advocacy organization for individuals with disabilities, has brought suit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) over its systemic failure to comply with a settlement agreement signed by both parties in July 2017. DRF is represented by the Florida Justice Institute and Morgan…
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Medicaid iBudget Redesign: Official Comments from Disability Rights Florida
Disability Rights Florida provided the following public comments to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) and other known stakeholders, following the submission of iBudget redesign planning to the Florida Legislature by APD and the Agency for Health Care Administration’s (AHCA) on September 30th. Read our October 16, 2019 comments…
Medicaid iBudget Waiver: We Invite Your Comments and Questions
The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) has been working in conjunction with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to develop a redesign of the Medicaid iBudget Waiver Program, in hopes to create a plan structured to end its frequent operation at a deficit. Throughout this year, Disability Rights…
Preliminary Medicaid iBudget Redesign Documents Obtained from Agency for Persons with Disabilities
The Florida Legislature mandated that the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD), in conjunction with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), develop a plan to redesign the Medicaid iBudget Waiver Program after it had continued to operate at a deficit during the 2018-19 fiscal year. Following concerns via the…
Lawsuit against Florida Agencies Improperly Stripping Medicaid from Patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Kinnally Public Relations Consultant Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Nancy.Kinnally@JaxLegalAid.org (407) 375-2264 Advocates file suit against Florida state agencies for improperly stripping Medicaid from patients whose original eligibility was related to their adoption or disabilities Florida Auditor General cited failure to review or process more than…
Success Story: Helen Maza
In 2018, Helen Maza, a woman with a variety of neurological, physical and genitourinary disabilities, sought out additional personal support hours. She was being left unattended in her recliner chair for thirteen hours at night because she could not transfer herself due to her physical disability. Without family or friends…
Disability Rights Florida’s Remarks at Hearing on Voter Suppression and Voter Disenfranchisement
Below are the comments submitted by Disability Rights Florida at the Florida Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights Public Hearing on Voter Suppression and Voter Disenfranchisement on July 23, 2019. The Committee will review the implementation of the 2018 constitutional measure to end the automatic disenfranchisement…