S.R. et al, v. Pennsylvania Department Of Human Services

This document is a lawsuit filed on December 22, 2017, by Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRPA) against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS. The complaint seeks federal class-action lawsuit status. DRPA filed the complaint on behalf of six named plaintiffs who allege that the state child welfare system fails to provide adequate child welfare services to children with mental health disabilities. DRPA seeks broad reform of Pennsylvania’s dependency system, which it alleges violates federal Medicaid law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act). No hearing or trial date has been set . . .