From the Seattle Times and the Associated Press/Olympian:

A federal judge has ordered the state of Washington to restore services to some 950 seniors and people with disabilities who lost their benefits without notice on July 1.

A lawsuit was filed contesting the state’s decision to relieve budget pressure by cutting social and medical therapy to vulnerable adults living at home or in community residential services.

Judge Richard A. Jones issued a temporary injunction, saying the state violated  due process rights.  The ruling says the Department of Social and Health Services must reinstate benefits until the department is able to make meaningful reassessments of individual needs, issue timely notices of a reduction or termination in services, and give information about alternative services.

Earlier posts here and here.

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