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DOE v. COLAUTTI

Civ. A. No. 78-1413.

454 F.Supp. 621 (1978)

John DOE, by his next friend and father, Richard Doe, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Aldo COLAUTTI, Individually and in his official capacity as Secretary of Public Welfare, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and Glenn Johnson, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of Medical Assistance, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Michael Owens, Elliot B. Platt, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Margaret E. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

This civil action presents a challenge to section 443.1 of the Pennsylvania Public Welfare Code, as amended, Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 62, § 443.1 (Purdon Supp.1978), which imposes certain limits on medical assistance benefits payable for inpatient care in a private psychiatric hospital. John Doe, the pseudonymous plaintiff, is presently an inpatient at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, a private psychiatric hospital located...

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