Center For Transitional Living Sues Connecticut & Contractor Over Discriminatory Medicaid Home Care Staffing Requests

The Center For Transitional Living (CTL), a home care agency in Connecticut, filed a discrimination complaint against the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS), and Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and a state contractor, Advanced Behavioral Health (ABH) that administers Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS). DSS oversees the state Medicaid program, and DMHAS contracts with ABH. CTL alleges that ABH honored discriminatory staffing requests by Medicaid beneficiaries. Specifically, some beneficiaries receiving HCBS asked ABH to avoid sending home care workers of particular races and/or national origins.

CTL alleges that when it refused to . . .