Disability Integration Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 7, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2451-2455)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 7, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disability Integration Act of 2017
This bill prohibits states or local governments that provide institutional placements for individuals with disabilities who need long-term assistance with daily living activities or health-related tasks, and prohibits insurance providers that fund such long-term services, from denying community-based services that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life.
States, local governments, or insurance providers may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by: (1) imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, waiting lists, or payment structures; (2) failing to provide a specific community-based service; or (3) requiring an individual to receive a service in a congregate or disability-specific setting.
Community-based services must be offered to individuals with such disabilities prior to institutionalization. Institutionalized individuals must be notified regularly of community-based alternatives.
States, local governments, and public insurance providers must assess: (1) transportation barriers that prevent individuals from receiving services in integrated settings, and (2) the availability of integrated employment opportunities.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must issue regulations requiring states, local governments, or insurance providers to offer community-based long-term services to individuals with such disabilities who would otherwise qualify for institutional placement. State and local governments, in conjunction with housing agencies, must ensure sufficient availability of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing that is not a disability-specific residential setting or a setting where services are tied to tenancy.
Such regulations must also require states and local governments to begin implementing a transition plan to achieve the requirements of this bill within 12 years after its enactment. For 10 years after issuance of the regulations, HHS must determine annually whether each state is complying with the transition plan. If a state is complying, HHS must increase by five percentage points the federal medical assistance percentage for a state requesting an increase for expenditures on home and community-based services furnished under the state Medicaid plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, or a waiver of such plan, that are identified as: (1) improvements to ensure accessibility or self-directed receipt of such services, (2) funding shifts from institutional settings to integrated community-based services, or (3) environmental modifications for housing targeted toward the lowest income individuals.
The bill provides for DOJ enforcement and allows civil actions by individuals subjected to, or about to be subjected to, a violation of this bill.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2017 to Dec 19, 2018, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Apr 7, 2017 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Apr 7, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | May 3, 2017 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jun 5, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jun 5, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Jul 19, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jul 31, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 18, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Apr 7, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2451-2455)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2472 | Disability Integration Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Jun 7, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Community life and organization
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Justice
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Employment and training programs
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing supply and affordability
- Intergovernmental relations
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Medicaid
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
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