NSCLC filed a national class action lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt, challenging the federal government’s plan to require Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries to produce documentation proving their citizenship as a condition of Medicaid eligibility.

• NSCLC's Lawsuit on the DRA Citizenship Documentation Requirements
Read more about Bell v. Leavitt, No. 1:06-cv-03520 (N.D. Ill. filed June 28, 2006), NSCLC's lawsuit on the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) Citizenship Documentation Requirements...
• Citizenship Documentation Rule Moots Claims in NSCLC's Case PDF document — 693 KB
Relying upon an interim regulation issued after the lawsuit was filed, a U.S. District Court has dismissed most of plaintiffs challenges to new Medicaid citizenship documentation requirements. Bell v....
• Bell v. Leavitt: Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint PDF document — 75 KB
Read the plaintiffs' first amended complaint in Bell v. Leavitt, NSCLC's suit against CMS over their implementation of citizenship documentation requirements for Medicaid that are mandated by the DRA....
• Memorandum In Support Of Plaintiffs' Amended Motion For A Temporary Restraining Order And Preliminary Injunction PDF document — 134 KB
Memo in support of plaintiff's motion for TRO in Bell v. Leavitt...
• Memorandum Of Law In Opposition To Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion For Temporary Restraining Order And Preliminary Injunction PDF document — 288 KB
Memo in opposition to Plaintiffs motion for TRO in Bell v. Leavitt...
• Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for Temporary Restraining Order And Preliminary Injunction PDF document — 134 KB
Reply memorandum in support of TRO for Bell v. Leavitt...