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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Frank grants final approval of a settlement between the Commissioner of Human Services and recipients of Home and Community-Based Disability Waivers in the recipients' suit alleging that the Department of Human Services failed to inform recipients of their options with the waivers and improperly allowed local agencies broad discretion as to whether or not to provide individualized housing services. The settlement, which provides for education and training for those involved in the waiver program, assessments with current waiver-holders to determine whether they desire to move to individual housing, provision of services to address barriers preventing them from moving and measurement of outcomes, was properly negotiated at arm's length by adequate class representatives and counsel. Objections about the agreement's failure to ensure access to direct care services are outside the scope of this suit, which is focused on housing, and objections regarding insufficient notice and the scope of the class are also overruled.