Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., and Michael DeAngelo, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Health and Welfare, Boise, Idaho, for defendant Richard Donovan. Celeste K. Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boise, Idaho, and Susanne Lee, Office of General Counsel, Dept. of Health & Welfare, Washington, D.C.,...
The state prison system and county jails spent $93 million in taxpayer money; the child welfare system spent nearly $5 million; and hospitals spent $182 million, according to the Advancing Colorado’s Mental Health Care report. Colorado has plans to create walk-in and mobile mental health ...
In addition, some localities require hospitals to provide health care to the poor for free or at reduced prices, but this requirement is often not enforced Free (i.e. the usually minimal copayments are waived) public health-care services for welfare (namely, Comprehensive Social Security ...
That applies even when the laws at issue concern matters of great social significance and moral substance. A law regulating abortion, like other health and welfare laws, is entitled to a “strong presumption of validity.” Heller v. Doe, 509 U.S. 312, 319. It must be sustained if there...
, Carvalho said. Given how the virus continues to spread, Carvalho says people no longer have the luxury of time to wait to get vaccinated. In Idaho, 61.5% of people age 12 and up have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare....