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Policy & Advocacy
Justice Department Releases Technical Assistance on Rights of Voters with Disabilities
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has published two new Technical Assistance (TA) documents regarding the rights of voters with disabilities: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities and Solutions for Five Common Access Problems at Polling Places .
Policy & Advocacy
House Committee Advances Legislation Aimed at Helping People with Disabilities
Last week the House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved legislation that would create tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Medicare & Medicaid
Medicaid Expansion after the Midterms
Medicaid Expansion after the Midterms: State Stances Unlikely to Change, or New Room for Compromise between the Administration, GOP Governors?
Policy & Advocacy
IDEA Legislation Introduced in Senate
On September 10, Sen.
Policy & Advocacy
Medicare & Medicaid
Employment & Workforce
Policymakers and National Organizations, Trades Urge DOL to Delay Home Care Rule
Federal policymakers, state leaders and national stakeholder groups are ramping up attention on the Department of Labor’s recent changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Medicare & Medicaid
Self-Direction
Medicaid Directors Join Peer State Groups in Response to Home Care Final Rule Delay
On October 7, the U.S.
Policy & Advocacy
Medicare & Medicaid
NRCPDS Releases Home Care Rule Tool Kit for Stakeholders Responding to New FLSA Requirements
The National Resource Center for Participant Directed Services (NRCPDS) is out with a new resource for participant direction program stakeholders, including consumers and their families, state agencies and others, in response to new Labor Department rules that will take effect January 1, 2015.
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
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