HOPKINS v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES


802 A.2d 999 (2002)

2002 ME 129

Roy and Patricia HOPKINS v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie Stanfill, Elizabeth L. Bancroft, (orally), Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, University of Maine School of Law, Portland, for the appellants.

G. Steven Rowe, AG, Dale Denno, AAG (orally), Augusta, for the appellee.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.


RUDMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Roy and Patricia Hopkins appeal from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Crowley, J.) affirming the decision of the Department of Human Services (DHS) to terminate their Medicaid benefits. The Hopkins contend (1) that DHS failed to provide them with adequate notice of the reasons behind the termination as required by federal regulations and DHS rules of procedure, and (2) that this failure deprived them of their...

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