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And Pinson is quick to buy into and amplify vile smears about any parent who loses a child to foster care, telling MetroNews that when the West Virginia family police rip apart a family its oftentimes for excellent reasons these children are at risk of danger, theyre at risk of harm, theyve already been harmed.
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From the story: The Hackneys, who have developmental disabilities, are struggling to understand how taking their daughter to the hospital when she refused to eat could be seen as so neglectful that she’d need to be taken from her home. Justice Department is asking the same question. … I have a post about it on this blog.
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Collaboration with clients in all aspects of LTSS planning and provision … to maximize dignity and self-determination.” Strengthening the regulatory enforcement system to ensure high-quality care and protect individuals from harm.” This Webinar will be held live on February 24, 2022, and subsequently available as a self-study.
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It’s literally computerized racial profiling: race and ethnicity are explicitly used to rate the risk that a child will be harmed. Department of Justice for possible discrimination against disabled families. As is so often the case with these algorithms, they are less prediction than self-fulfilling prophecy.
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not enrolled in any health plan) and self-pay (e.g., Expected charge” for an item or service: the cash pay rate or rate established by a provider for an uninsured (or self-pay) patient, reflecting any discounts for such individuals; or. Inform all uninsured and self-pay patients of their right to a GFE.
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