Twenty state attorneys general asked a federal judge Wednesday to disregard Justice Department objections and issue a nationwide preliminary injunction that would block an HHS rule requiring most nursing homes to beef up their direct-care staffing levels.
The reply memorandum in support of the motion for preliminary injunction was filed in US District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. It responds to a Justice Department memorandum filed Nov. 21 that opposed the plaintiffs’ motion for the injunction.
The state AGs—along with two nursing homes and multiple state LeadingAge organizations, which present nonprofit aging services providers—filed a lawsuit in October, ...
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