The Florida Medicaid Agency was refusing priority enrollment into the Long Term Care (LTC) waiver for 18-20 year old medically fragile youth who need 24-hour health care, an essential protection designed to ensure that critical health services are not reduced when the child turns 21. Shortly after FHJP and Disability Rights Florida filed an administrative petition challenging the agency’s erroneous interpretation of state law, the agency undertook extensive and robust corrective actions.
