Louisiana Sued Over ‘Inadequate’ Medicaid Mental Health Services For Children & Families

On November 7, 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center sued the state of Louisiana alleging that the state’s mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children and families are inadequate. The complaint stated that the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) fails to provide an accessible statewide mental health system of intensive home- and community-based services (IHCBS), including intensive coordination, crisis services, and intensive behavioral services and supports, necessary to correct or ameliorate their mental illnesses or conditions. No hearing date has been set yet.

The class action lawsuit is A.A. v. Gee. The class represents approximately 47,500 . . .