McMillan v. Department of Children & Families

Janelle McMillan challenges two final orders of the Department of Children and Families, each rendered on May 21, 2002, which upheld the Department’s denial of Medicaid benefits based upon the determination of the Social Security Administration (SSA) that McMillan did not meet SSA eligibility requirements. See 42 C.F.R. § 435.541 (a state agency “may not make an independent determination of disability if SSA has made a disability determination within the time limits set forth in section 435.911 on the same issues presented in the Medicaid application” and a “SSA disability determination is…