U.S. District Court Judge Orders Massachusetts To Provide Services To 2,600 Mentally Retarded Individuals Within 90 Days

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News In a landmark decision on July 14, U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock entered summary judgment in favor of all mentally retarded adults who have been deemed eligible for Medicaid services by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Department of Mental Retardation, but who have been placed on a waiting list for those services for many years, or in some cases, even decades. Judge Woodlock ordered the state Department of Mental Retardation to take prompt action as required by the federal Medicaid Act and provide Home and Community-Based . . .