Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2022
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 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. The bill provides funds for FY2022 for the Department of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance with respect to transition plans.
The bill allows civil actions by individuals subjected to, or about to be subjected to, a violation of its requirements.
Cosponsors 202
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2022 to Dec 12, 2022; 46 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 7, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Apr 7, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | May 12, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | May 12, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | May 13, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | May 18, 2022 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Oct 31, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Oct 31, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Nov 7, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Nov 17, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 17, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Nov 17, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 30, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Dec 8, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 8, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Dec 8, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Dec 12, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2022 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2022 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Feb 28, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2022Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 28, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 36, February 28, 2022, page H1176.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3417 | Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2021 | Related bill | Dec 16, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Appropriations
- 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
- Executive agency funding and structure
- 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.
- Feb 28, 2022Introduced in House
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