Petitioner was appropriately suspended without pay for one week because she ignored her supervisor’s direct instructions, which constitutes misconduct, unprofessional behavior and insubordination.
A father was obligated to continue making child support payments even after the child moved into his home, because a preexisting superior court child support order had not been modified.
Existing child support order can be modified by Superior Court only. Read More
The Professional Standards Commission was authorized to suspend Petitioner’s teaching license for tampering with student attendance data for purposes of meeting Georgia’s Adequate Yearly Progress assessment. However, the suspension was modified from one year to sixty days because (1) years have passed since the incident without evidence of any further misconduct; (2) she has already
Petitioner’s food stamp benefits were properly terminated for failure to complete a continued eligibility review because he knew of his telephone interview appointment, understood that he would be unable to receive the call due to poor cell phone reception, and did not contact his reviewer to reschedule his appointment.
Food stamp benefits terminated for failure to complete review. Read More
Petitioner, who is aging out of the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP) and is transitioning into the Medicaid Independent Care Waiver Program (ICWP), is given a budget under ICWP that reflects his needs and the parameters of that particular program. He is permitted to negotiate hourly compensation rates with his personal support providers under ICWP’s self-directed
Participant budget under ICWP more restrictive than that allowed under GAPP. Read More
Petitioner’s skilled nursing hours in the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP) were reduced from forty hours to thirty-two hours because the additional hours were not necessary to maintain Petitioner’s condition. However, his hours could not be reduced to twenty-four hours on the basis of the GAPP review nurse’s testimony at the hearing, because to do so
Skilled nursing hours reduced based upon a lack of medical necessity. Read More
