Selected files on substantive or precedent-setting cases regarding the enforcement of human services (public welfare) laws and rules. Issues covered include the medical assistance lien statute, the use of utilization versus cost-center methodology in determining medical assistance and general assistance medical care payments to hospitals, possible violations of federal law (Boren Amendment) and the U.S. Constitution in connection with the rate setting process concerning Medicaid, the adequacy of Hennepin County case management services, the administration and provisions for child protective services by local social service agencies, a prisoner/patient's right to refuse drug treatment, and the constitutionality of the Minority Heritage Preservation Act.
