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RANI SIKAND v. PATRICIA WILSON-COKER, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES (SC 17244)
Sullivan, C. J., and Borden, Katz, Palmer and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued October 19, 2005--officially released January 17, 2006

Tanya Feliciano DeMattia, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Richard J. Lynch, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (defendant). Priya Sinha Cloutier, with whom was Shirley Bergert, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Opinion

SULLIVAN, C. J. The primary issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Rani Sikand, is entitled to nonemergency medical transportation services to and from her psychologist's office under the state's medicaid program. LogistiCare, Inc. (LogistiCare), the medical transportation broker for the department of social services (department), had provided transportation services between the plaintiff's home and her psychologist's office. In April, 2003, LogistiCare terminated the transportation services, claiming that they were no longer covered following certain amendments to the medicaid program that eliminated coverage of services of independently enrolled psychologists. After an administrative hearing, the hearing officer upheld the termination of the services. The plaintiff then appealed from that decision to the trial court pursuant to General Statutes

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