Class Action lawsuit by parents of medically fragile children-URGENT!! Please forward.

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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:52 PM

Subject: Class Action lawsuit by parents of medically fragile children-URGENT!! Please forward.

Hello:

 

You are being sent this email because you are in a position to influence the lives of the children of Florida.

 

Please see the email below. This is referring to the systematic cutbacks in home nursing care and other services to children under 21 that are being made by the State of Florida. If you have a child who is medically fragile, please consider filling out the attached paperwork, if you haven’t already. Please forward this to other families who may be threatened by these cutbacks in care.

 

Carolyn DeVita, the attorney, welcomes phone calls to discuss your situation and to answer any questions. Her contact information is below. The deadline for certifying the class action is this Friday, unless a requested extension is granted, so time is of the essence. Instructions for filling out the form are outlined in this email, which is sent from the Public Interest Law Center, one of the law firms representing the families.

 

Warmest regards,

Van Kleunen

 

Hello,There is a very important lawsuit that may affect your children if you are able to get involved.  Currently a team of a disability attorneys are attempting to keep the state from reducing nursing services for medically fragile children and trying to get the medically fragile children that are currently institutionalized out of nursing homes with appropriate nursing services at home and in the community.  In order to protect your children, they need your help.  You will not be a named plaintiff on the class action lawsuit but if they get class certification, your children would be protected by the class.Now is your chance to help and ensure that they get class certification and that your child is protected by any outcome in the case.  What they need is for you and absolutely everyone you know that is in a similar situation, is to fill out the attached declaration.  The more declarations we can get and give to the court, showing that so many families are affected by AHCA and eQHealth's policies of reducing your child's services, the much more likely they can get certified and your child will be protected. Try to fill it out to the best of your ability and then send it to Carolyn DeVita at carolynqdevita@... with your telephone number. She will be calling you to review it together and then you can sign it and send it back to her and then they will file it with the court.  Please read through what I've attached and do your best with inserting your information. This is going to be coming from you and you will be swearing that everything you say in the declaration is true so please feel free to take out anything you don't want and add in as much as possible.  You do not need to be so specific as to dates but just make sure you tell your story and what is happening to you, the more information and the more details, the better. Please forward this email to anyone and everyone else you know that is also in a similar situation of having their home health services reduced or limited in some way.   The attached declaration is just a form that you can use to help get you started but feel free to modify it however you want.  Also, it is very important that you include denials at the initial stage, even if you eventually get the services after reconsideration or a fair hearing.  Just tell the whole truth, that you were originally denied and after going through their process, you got services, etc. or that you didn't get them.   Again, these are just forms, the answers are up to you and it is your chance to tell the court what you have to go through to get or maintain your child's services.  The more detail and information, the better.  The contact person is Carolyn DeVita and her direct office line is , please don't hesitate to call her.Thank you!

-- Regards,Ven Sequenzia, Jr. 

PresidentAutism Society of AmericaState of Florida Chapter

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Declaration for Parents for Class Cert.doc