Disability Integration Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 15, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disability Integration Act of 2019
This bill prohibits government entities and insurance providers from denying community-based services to individuals with disabilities that require long-term service or support that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life.
Specifically, these entities may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by such actions as imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, or waiting lists or failing to provide a specific community-based service. Additionally, community-based services must be offered to individuals with such disabilities prior to institutionalization. Institutionalized individuals must be notified regularly of community-based alternatives.
The bill requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations requiring government entities and insurance providers to offer community-based long-term services to individuals with such disabilities who would otherwise qualify for institutional placement. Government entities 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.
Regulations shall also (1) require government entities and insurance providers to perform self-evaluation on current services, policies, and practices and concerning compliance with requirements of this bill; and (2) require government entities to submit a transition plan. HHS must determine annually whether each government entity is complying with the transition plan and must increase funding for those in compliance.
The bill allows civil actions by individuals subjected to, or about to be subjected to, a violation of its requirements.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2019 to Nov 9, 2020, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jan 15, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 15, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 555 | Disability Integration Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Feb 25, 2019 |
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.
- Jan 15, 2019Introduced in Senate
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