District Court of Appeal of Florida
C.F. v. Dep't of Children and Families, 3D04-1147
Agency decision reducing personal care assistance is reversed where a hearing officer applied overly restrictive definitions of "medical necessity" and "personal care assistance" and the Department failed to meet its burden of proof for reducing appellant's personal care assistance services from six to four hours per day.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/28/2005
- Published 12/28/2005
Judges
- RAMIREZ, J., Before LEVY, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Lizel Gonzalez; and Miriam Harmmatz; and Anne Swerlick, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Charles J. Christ, Jr., Attorney General, and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.