[Cdpaanys] Fwd: Fw: Letter to Court

[Bryan O'Malley]

Attorneys with Patterson Belknap and NY Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) have
filed an urgent appeal with the Court.

The letter notes that "DOH is defying the Court’s TRO to serve their
overarching goal of punishing the existing FIs at the expense of CDPAP
consumers—our clients in this litigation who need the critical support of
Personal Assistants to stay in their homes and avoid hospitalizations,
nursing homes or other congregate care restricted living arrangements."

Specifically, the Plaintiffs are asking the Court:
"We ask the Court to explicitly order DOH to reinstate the contracts with
the existing FIs in a manner that covers consumers who have not yet begun
enrollment with PPL, or who have started but they or their Personal
Assistants have not yet completed it, in compliance with applicable law, so
that the services they are legally entitled to receive are not abruptly cut
off because DOH is refusing to provide a mechanism for the prompt payment
of wages to their Personal Assistants."

The full letter is attached.
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