HRS 0328L-0002 ANNOTATIONS
Case Notes
Where plaintiffs, Hawai‘i medicaid recipients who suffered from tobacco-related illnesses, alleged that state officials violated and continued to violate federal disbursement rules for medicaid recovery: plaintiffs had standing; plaintiffs' claims were ripe for adjudication; suit not barred by sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment; plain language of amendment to federal medicaid statute barred plaintiffs' claims to any portion of master settlement agreement funds. 311 F.3d 929.