Lawsuit filed to protect mental health care for Medicaid-eligible children

Updated at 5:11 p.m.

THE AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and other advocacy groups have filed a class action lawsuit against the State alleging Medicaid-eligible children and youth have been denied their right to appropriate mental health care. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. and other advocacy groups have filed a class action lawsuit against the state alleging Medicaid-eligible children and youth have been denied their right to appropriate mental health care. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court by ACLU RI along with Disability Rights Rhode

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