Ohio Exits Class Action Filed To Improve Developmental Disability HCBS Access

On January 6, 2022, a federal judge issued an order releasing the state of Ohio from the class action lawsuit Ball v. DeWine as part of a settlement agreement approved by the court in April 2020 to improve access to home- and community-based services (HCBS) for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). In the 2020 agreement, the Governor of Ohio, the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD), the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM), Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), and the Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities (OACBDD) agreed to continue and expand programs that would . . .