M.B. v. Agency for Persons with Disabilities

M.B. appeals a final administrative order in favor of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD), upholding APD’s denial and reduction of services that had previously been provided M.B. for over five years. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

M.B. is a forty-two year-old woman with spastic cerebral palsy and associated quadriplegia. She has received services from the Florida APD Medicaid Waiver Program for many years, including personal care attendant services in her home for 18 hours per day and assistance from a supported living coach. Although she requires assistance during…