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KY Settles Waiting List Suit

From the Jan. 27 Louisville Courier-Journal:

As many as 1,500 mentally retarded people no longer will have to wait for help to live independently at home or in their communities, under a federal lawsuit settlement announced yesterday

By midsummer the state will begin moving them into a program that helps with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing and getting to work or to activities, officials said.

That would leave about 1,000 people ....

Read State settles suit over Medicaid, Louisville Courier-Journal