U.S. judge orders Illinois to boost disabled careCHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that Illinois was not providing sufficient resources for the care of developmentally disabled residents and ordered the state to come up with a plan to restore services. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman said Illinois, which just ended an unprecedented budget impasse, failed to provide “resources of sufficient quality, scope, and variety” to the residents, who as a result “suffered substantially” from a reduction in services in violation of a federal consent decree. In the ruling, Johnson said she lacked the authority to order a funding increase, noted the state’s “dire financial condition,” and directed Illinois to devise a plan to address issues affecting the services and comply with the decree. The state had argued that advocates for the disabled living outside of institutions were seeking as much as an additional $1 billion annually - an amount Illinois could not afford. A two-year budget impasse that ballooned the state’s unpaid bill backlog to more than $15 billion ended in July when lawmakers enacted a fiscal 2018 budget over the governor’s vetoes. That budget allocates $53.4 million for the first rate increase for developmentally disabled services since 2008. But the advocates said the funding boost was insufficient to retain workers and services. “What (the state) comes up with will be the next step,” said Barry Taylor, vice president at Equip for Equality, one of the advocates, in a phone call. The judge set a status hearing for Oct. 27. Meghan Powers, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Human Services, said in an email that the state was committed to providing quality services to the developmentally disabled.  “The state will continue to meet all its legal obligations and will review the court’s rulings to determine appropriate next steps,” she said. Another U.S. judge ordered Illinois in June to substantially boost its monthly payments to Medicaid providers to ensure continued health care for poor and disabled residents covered under a separate federal consent decree. The state had owed those providers more than $3 billion. politicsNews
judge orders illinois boost disabled carechicago reuters a judge friday ruled illinois providing sufficient resources care developmental disabled residents ordered state come plan restore services district judge sharon johnson coleman said illinois ended unprecedented budget impasse failed provide resources sufficient quality scope variety residents result suffered substantially reduction services violation federal consent decree in ruling johnson said lacked authority order funding increase noted state dire financial condition directed illinois devise plan address issues affecting services comply decree the state argued advocates disabled living outside institutions seeking much additional billion annually amount illinois could afford a budget impasse balloon state unpaid bill backlog billion ended july lawmakers enacted fiscal budget governor vetoed that budget allocated million first rate increase developmental disabled services since but advocates said funding boost insufficient retain workers services what state comes next step said barry taylor vice president equip equality one advocates phone call the judge set status hearing meghan powers spokeswoman illinois department human services said email state committed providing quality services developmental disabled the state continue meet legal obligations review court rulings determine appropriate next steps said another judge ordered illinois june substantially boost monthly payments medical providers ensure continued health care poor disabled residents covered separate federal consent decree the state owed providers billion politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. judge orders Illinois to boost disabled careCHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that Illinois was not providing sufficient resources for the care of developmentally disabled residents and ordered the state to come up with a plan to restore services. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman said Illinois, which just ended an unprecedented budget impasse, failed to provide “resources of sufficient quality, scope, and variety” to the residents, who as a result “suffered substantially” from a reduction in services in violation of a federal consent decree. In the ruling, Johnson said she lacked the authority to order a funding increase, noted the state’s “dire financial condition,” and directed Illinois to devise a plan to address issues affecting the services and comply with the decree. The state had argued that advocates for the disabled living outside of institutions were seeking as much as an additional $1 billion annually - an amount Illinois could not afford. A two-year budget impasse that ballooned the state’s unpaid bill backlog to more than $15 billion ended in July when lawmakers enacted a fiscal 2018 budget over the governor’s vetoes. That budget allocates $53.4 million for the first rate increase for developmentally disabled services since 2008. But the advocates said the funding boost was insufficient to retain workers and services. “What (the state) comes up with will be the next step,” said Barry Taylor, vice president at Equip for Equality, one of the advocates, in a phone call. The judge set a status hearing for Oct. 27. Meghan Powers, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Human Services, said in an email that the state was committed to providing quality services to the developmentally disabled.  “The state will continue to meet all its legal obligations and will review the court’s rulings to determine appropriate next steps,” she said. Another U.S. judge ordered Illinois in June to substantially boost its monthly payments to Medicaid providers to ensure continued health care for poor and disabled residents covered under a separate federal consent decree. The state had owed those providers more than $3 billion. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: judge orders illinois boost disabled carechicago reuters a judge friday ruled illinois providing sufficient resources care developmental disabled residents ordered state come plan restore services district judge sharon johnson coleman said illinois ended unprecedented budget impasse failed provide resources sufficient quality scope variety residents result suffered substantially reduction services violation federal consent decree in ruling johnson said lacked authority order funding increase noted state dire financial condition directed illinois devise plan address issues affecting services comply decree the state argued advocates disabled living outside institutions seeking much additional billion annually amount illinois could afford a budget impasse balloon state unpaid bill backlog billion ended july lawmakers enacted fiscal budget governor vetoed that budget allocated million first rate increase developmental disabled services since but advocates said funding boost insufficient retain workers services what state comes next step said barry taylor vice president equip equality one advocates phone call the judge set status hearing meghan powers spokeswoman illinois department human services said email state committed providing quality services developmental disabled the state continue meet legal obligations review court rulings determine appropriate next steps said another judge ordered illinois june substantially boost monthly payments medical providers ensure continued health care poor disabled residents covered separate federal consent decree the state owed providers billion politicsnews