![]() ![]() Justice Department that Florida is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by steering severely disabled children into nursing homes. ![]() The injunction capped a two-week trial in May - and a 12-year litigation Middlebrooks repeatedly has castigated as shameful - over claims by the U.S. The linchpin of Middlebrooks’ plan is a requirement that the state ensure such children receive at least 90% of the at-home nursing care prescribed by their doctors. Late last week, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration asked Middlebrooks to stay an injunction he signed a week earlier requiring the state to reform its system of care for 2,750 children with medical complexities. Middlebrooks accused the state of obstructing his efforts to free medically fragile children from segregated institutions, where many have spent their entire lives. ![]() The battle of wills between Florida health administrators and a federal court judge intensified Tuesday as U.S. ![]()
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