Opinion
No. 49A02-0602-CV-103.
May 21, 2007.
Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Barbara A. Nardi, Frances Barrow, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.
Thomas R. Ruge, Steven W. Griesemer, Lewis Kappes, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellees.
OPINION ON REHEARING
In our original published opinion, we concluded that neither Medicaid Providers nor Recipients have a private right of action pursuant to Section 1983. Roob v. Fisher, 856 N.E.2d 723 (Ind.Ct.App. 2006). The Appellees have filed a petition for rehearing in which they point out that the State conceded the issue of Recipient standing at the trial court level. Moreover, the State did not explicitly challenge the Recipients' standing in its opening appellate brief. We concluded in our original opinion that the State's limited mention of the Recipients in its opening brief was sufficient to keep the issue alive. Id. at 732-33. In light of the State's concession below, however, we now find that it has waived the issue of the Recipients' standing. Thus, we grant rehearing for the limited purpose of vacating that portion of our original opinion that holds that the Recipients do not have standing in this matter. In all other respects, we deny the petition for rehearing.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed with respect to the Recipients, reversed with respect to the Providers, and remanded for proceedings consistent with our original opinion as modified by this opinion on rehearing.
VAIDIK, J., and CRONE, J., concur.