Wisconsin Olmstead Plan Information 
The 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court Decision and Wisconsin
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.
- Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans
- Table: State Olmstead Plans and Alternative Strategies
- Table: Olmstead and Olmstead-Related Lawsuits by 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.)
Wisconsin State Olmstead Planii
Updated February 2012, Wisconsin does not currently have an Olmstead planii developed. Wisconsin has, however, developed an alternative strategy to comply entitled:
SFY 2010 Report on Relocations and Diversions from Institutions.
Further Information iii
Plan no longer available online.
Update: Through three programs, the Department provides elders and people with physical and developmental disabilities residing in nursing facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICFs-MR) the opportunity to relocate to community-based settings. Under another program, the Department provides support to a limited number of individuals who are at imminent risk of entering a nursing home to be diverted from nursing home admission and remain in community settings.
As shown in the summary table, 572 or almost 64%, of all relocations and diversions were frail elders; 245 or 27%, were persons with physical disabilities. 81 or 9% were individuals with developmental disabilities.
To read the report, go to: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/bdds/icfmr/relocationreport_10.pdf
Wisconsin's ICF/MR Restructuring Initiative website: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/bdds/icfmr/
Principles to Guide Long-Term Care Reform in Wisconsin, WI Council on LTC Reform, 2005 http://www.wcltc.state.wi.us/pdf/LTCRprinciples1005.pdf
Notes and References: WI12
Wisconsin Legal Cases Related to Olmstead (updated April 2012)
The Center for PAS has tracked 1 Olmstead and Olmstead related legal case in Wisconsin.
People with developmental disabilities and people with physical disabilities have filed waiting list complaints with the Office of Civil Rights12
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