A.R. et al v. Dudek et al

Filing 882

ORDER adopting Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Hunt (DE 836 ), denying United States' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (DE 773 ), Granting in Part and Denying in Part the State of Florida's Motion for Summary Judgment (DE 771 ). Signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 5/5/2023. See attached document for full details. (kal)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SO U TH ER N D ISTR ICT O F FLO R ID A

Case No.12-cv-60460-M 1DDLEBROOKSm unt
U N ITED STA TES OF A M ERICA
Plaintiff,
VS.

STATE OF FLO RIDA ,
Defendant.

ORDER ADO PTING REPORT AND RECOM M ENDATION
THIS CAUSE isbeforethe Courton a Reportand Recom mendation issued by M agistrate

JudgePatrickM .Htmt(theçûltepolf'lon April11,2023.(DE 836).TheReportrecommendsthat
theState ofFlorida'sM otion forSummaryJudgment(DE 773)begranted in part,andthatthe

UnitedStates'M otionf0rPartialSummaryJudgment(DE 773)bedenied.

TheStateofFloridafiledobjectionstotheReport(DE 846),asdid theUnited States(DE
848).Both sidesfiled Responses.(DE 860,DE 863).
1have conducted an independentde novo review oftheReportand therecord asawhole.

Havingcarefullyconsideredthisrecord,thebriefingontheParties'objections,andapplicablelaw,
Iagree with Judge Hunt'sfindingsand conclusions,and 1find thatthe reasoning in the Reportis
accurate and thorough.

Accordingly,itisORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

1. TheStateofFlorida'sObjections(DE 846)areOVERRULED.
2. TheUnitedStates'Objections(DE 848)areOVERRULED.
3. M agistrateJudgeHunt'sReportand Recommendation(DE 836)isADOPTED.

4. TheUnitedStates'M otionforPartialSummaryJudgment(DE 773)isDENIED.

5. The State ofFlorida'sM otion forSummary Judgment(DE 771)isGRANTED IN
PA RT .

a. ltisgranted to theextentthatany modification thatrequiresFloridato provide
comm unitp care services that would exceed the federally approved cost or
participantcap on a M edicaid program would be a fundam entalalteration to
thatprogram .

b. Itisalso granted to the extentthatany requestto create anew progrnm akin to
foster care featuring in-home placementwith people who are not a child's
custodianswould be an im perm issiblefundnmentalalteration totheprogram .
The StateofFlorida'smotion isDENIED in a11other
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D ALD M .M l DLEBROOKS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CounselofRecord
M agistrateJudgePatrick Hunt

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