State health regulators are asking a judge to pause his consideration of class action status for a lawsuit targeting mental health services provided to North Carolina jail inmates.
The two top leaders of North Carolina’s General Assembly disagree about whether the state Supreme Court should take another look now at a case challenging the state’s certificate-of-need law.
A Wake County judge refused Monday to dismiss a lawsuit over state funding of Medicaid services for children with autism. The state had argued that the case was moot.
After several lawsuits, NCDHHS is restoring Medicaid provider rates to before the Oct.1 cut. Lawmakers say the cuts were unnecessary in the first place.
A Superior Court judge signed an order Wednesday blocking cuts to state Medicaid funding for services provided to children with autism.
Gov. Josh Stein is once again calling on the General Assembly to fund the Medicaid rebase by convening in a special session on Nov. 17.
Take over is effective on Friday, says NCDHHS. This is the fifth time in state history that the state has taken over a county social services department, and the first time any county DSS has been taken over twice.
“While on the surface, this may be in the best interest of trimming national debt and so forth, the implication for North Carolina is severe and very real.”
On Monday, Governor-elect Josh Stein announced seven choices for his Cabinet secretaries when he takes office next month.
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