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Second Circuit Clarifies That Reclassification of Health Status That Limits Scope of Disability Benefits Does Not Constitute “Adverse Benefit Determination” Under ERISA ...

In Ruderman v. Liberty Mut. Grp., Inc., No. 21-817, 2022 WL 244086 (2d Cir. Jan. 27, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that reclassification of a claimant’s disability from ...
Health Affairs

Measuring Disability With The National Health Interview Survey: A Response To Landes, et al.

An analysis by the NCHS published in 2021 used 2011–12 NHIS data to compare responses and disability classifications between both sets of questions. When disability status was defined as reporting “a ...
JD Supra

Board of Regents Replaces the Term “Emotional Disturbance” with “Emotional Disability”

When a Committee on Special Education (CSE) classifies a child as a student with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the committee must place the student within one of ...
Science Daily

A student's disability status depends on where they go to school

A new study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends on the characteristics of their school and how distinctive they are from their peers. A new ...