Legal History & List of Briefs Filed in Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California Before Supreme Court Hearing
September 21, 2011 This document presents the case history and briefs filed regarding Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, which will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3, 2011. The case concerns Medicaid reimbursement cuts mandated by the 2008 and 2009 California legislature. Advocacy groups and provider organizations sued because the state Medicaid plan had not received federal approval before implementing the reimbursement cuts. Before reaching the Supreme Court, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the federal Medicaid Act preempted the state law mandating rate cuts because the state failed to . . .
