District of Columbia Olmstead Plan Information
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The 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court Decision and District of Columbia

In a landmark interpretation of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), the Supreme Court decided that people with disabilities have a right to receive care in the most integrated setting appropriate and that unnecessary institutionalization violates the ADA. All states must now comply with the decision. The Center for PAS is tracking the legal and policy ramifications of the Olmstead decision in each state.

For a complete list of Federal cases please refer to the Department of Justice, Olmstead Litigation page.

(Data below extracted from the Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans report, the State Olmstead Plans and Alternative Strategies table and the Olmstead and Olmstead-Related Lawsuits table available at the links above.)

District of Columbia State Olmstead Planii

Updated February 2012, District of Columbia does not currently have an Olmstead planii developed.

Further Information iii

Progress: Focus on HCBS waiver program development.

Update: While the District does not have any Olmstead-related activities, University Legal Services, Inc., the mandated Protection and Advocacy program for D.C. residents with disabilities recently published a report regarding the status of people with disabilities and the need for HCBS.

The report, Home Sweet Home: Still an Elusive Right a Decade Later (June 22, 2009) can be downloaded at:

http://www.uls-dc.org/OLMSTEADREPORT.pdf

University Legal Services, Inc. website:

http://www.uls-dc.org/Programs.htm

Notes and References: DC12

District of Columbia Legal Cases Related to Olmstead (updated April 2012)

The Center for PAS has tracked 3 Olmstead and Olmstead related legal cases in District of Columbia.

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