Bloomberg Law (4/8, Anne Pazanowski , Subscription Publication) reports the Department of Health and Human Services said it will follow a federal judge’s order and block plans to cease $11 billion in public healthcare grants to 23 states and Washington, DC. On April 3, US Judge Mary S. McElroy “granted the mostly Democratic-led states’ motion for a temporary restraining order in the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island.” Although HHS filed a notice of compliance Monday, “saying it would notify all its departments, employees, and contractors of the order,” the agency also “filed an emergency motion for reconsideration the same day, saying McElroy should have considered whether she had jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act before entering the TRO.” McElroy explained in an April 5 opinion “that the states were likely to win on the merits of their challenge because HHS didn’t reasonably end the grants or provide a reasonable explanation for doing so.”
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— “HHS to Restore States’ Public Health Funds to Comply With Order,”Mary Anne Pazanowski, Bloomberg Law, April 8, 2025