Seventh Circuit· 11/6/2003

Brandon Collins v. John Hamilton

Citations

349 F.3d 371
2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 22777
2003 WL 22511144

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holding that if a competent medical service provider determines that a specific type of care or service is medically necessary, state may not substitute a different service that it deems equivalent
noting that federal regulations distinguish “between the acute care available in a psychiatric hospital setting and the less restrictive treatment provided by a residential facility”
noting distinction “between the acute care available in a psychiatric hospital setting and the less restrictive treatment provided by a residential facility”
“[A] state’s discretion to exclude services deemed ‘medically necessary’ by an EPSDT provider has been circumscribed by the express mandate of the statute.”
Indiana’s denial of any funding for placement in psychiatric residential treatment facilities to children when deemed medically necessary by EPSDT screening violated Medicaid Act
“[O]nce a state elects to participate [in Medicaid], it must abide by all federal requirements and standards set forth in the Act.”

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Judges: Cudahy, Evans, Williams

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