Hummel v. Ohio Department of Job & Family Services

Singer, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, which reversed an administrative determination that a prescribed treatment for an autistic child was not medically necessary. Because we conclude that the common pleas court properly determined that appellee was entitled to medicaid benefits, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In 2002, when appellee Austin Hummel 1 was two, he was diagnosed with autism. Autism is a medical disorder characterized by an inability to interact socially, repetitive behavior, and language dysfunction. Austin, at the time of his…