Arizona Center for Disability Law

 

  

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

 

What:         Press Conference

 

Who:          The Arizona Center for Disability Law will file a class action lawsuit to compel the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS),  Arizona’s Medicaid program, to provide incontinence briefs for eligible children under the age of 21 who are incontinent as a result of their disabilities.

                                                         

The Arizona Center for Disability Law is a not for profit public interest law firm, dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals with a wide range of physical, mental, psychiatric, sensory and cognitive disabilities.  The Arizona Center for Disability Law is authorized under various federal statutes to ensure the protection and advocacy of all individuals with disabilities in the state.

 

When:        Wednesday, June 22, 2005

 

Time:          9:30 a.m.

 

Where:       U.S. District Court of Arizona - Tucson

                   Court House - Front Entrance

                   405 West Congress Street

                   Tucson, Arizona 85701

 

Contact:     Peri Jude Radecic, Director of Public Advocacy

                   Work: (520) 327-9547, extension 24

                   Cell: (623) 308-5111

                   pradecic@acdl.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 North Stone Avenue   n  Suite 305  n Tucson, Arizona 85701

(520) 327-9547 (Voice/TTY)  n  Fax (520) 884-0992

www.acdl.com  n center@acdl.com