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Choices for Independence In-Home Care Program Class Action
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services · Choices for Independence Medicaid-funded in-home care program · Ongoing Litigation
About this case
A certified class of participants in New Hampshire’s Medicaid-funded Choices for Independence program alleges that inadequate investment and staffing shortages in the state’s in-home care services risk forcing older adults and people with physical disabilities into nursing homes, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The class action is ongoing, with a federal trial scheduled to begin November 9, 2026.
Case overview
- Defendant company
- New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
- Product or service
- Choices for Independence Medicaid-funded in-home care program
- Case name
- Choices for Independence Program Class Action
- Court case number
- 1:21-cv-00025-PB
- Case status
- Ongoing Litigation
- Lawsuit type
- Other
- Reported harm
- Discrimination
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