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Special education expose
First in a series of investigative reporting from WBEZ reveals the Chicago Public Schools overhauled special education and relied on a “secret” set of guidelines “that resulted in limiting services…
Read MoreGovernor Signs “Stay Put” Legislation Making it Easier to Resolve Special Education Disputes
August 22, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jill Wohl, 312-605-1980, jwohl@legalcouncil.org Governor Signs “Stay Put” Legislation Making it Easier to Resolve Special Education Disputes HB 2618 Helps Families Pursue Mediation…
Read MoreStay-put protections
Governor Rauner signs a bill drafted by Legal Council for Health Justice which clarifies and strengthens the ability of parents and guardians to pursue mediation where there are disagreements with the school about their child’s special education services. In addition to clarifying the process for children to continue to receive special education services during the entire mediation process (called “stay-put protections”), the bill also requires updating of the Notice of Procedural Safeguards for special education that parents must receive. This notice had not been updated since 2009!
Read MoreLegal Council Celebrates Mexico with Annual Summer Bash
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2017 For more information, contact Kevin Mork at 312-605-1976 or kjmork@legalcouncil.org Legal Council for Health Justice Celebrates Mexico with ¡BIENVENIDOS! Benefit on August 17 Legal…
Read MoreHospital program gives families free legal support
July 10, 2017 Jacqueline Carey 312-996-8277 jmcarey@uic.edu twitter.com/JCareyUIC Hospital program gives families free legal support Chicago families with kids who have complicated medical conditions now have easier access to legal…
Read MoreClient focus: Frank
Frank suffered a traumatic brain injury as a child and has been a patient at one of our medical partner sites ever since. Unfortunately, when Frank was 18 years old, he was in a severe car accident, leaving him with more complex medical issues including severe paraplegia.
Read MoreI <3 Medicaid
Have you ever written a love poem? Was it an ode to Medicaid?
Here’s a thoughtful and elegiac social media post from one of our wonderful legal advocates, Marina Kurakin:
I <3 Medicaid. I want to hug it and squeeze it for keeping me alive as a kid…
Illinois Ordered to Increase Monthly Healthcare Payments
June 30, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jill Wohl, 312.605.1980, jwohl@legalcouncil.org Ambar Mentor-Truppa, 312.809.8048, amentor@povertylaw.org David Chizewer 312.201.3938, david.chizewer@goldbergkohn.com State of Illinois Ordered to Increase Monthly Payments for Healthcare Payments…
Read MoreChaos to order?
Yesterday Judge Lefkow ordered the State of Illinois to negotiate a plan with us to pay over $2 billion in overdue Medicaid bills. The State’s failure to pay as a result of a three-year budget impasse puts millions of adults and children — as well as the entire safety net health system — at risk. Read the entire press release here and the court order here.
Read MoreStay tuned
Good news! Judge Lefkow issued a court order late today in our high impact Medicaid litigation with Shriver Center and Goldberg Kohn. We will be issuing a joint statement with co-counsel…
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