NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK for NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2009 (S. 3406) and ADA Restoration Act (H.R. 3195 and S. 1881). Work undertakend to refine and clarify the definition of disability in the effort to put the end to negative Supreme Court Decisions. H.R. 3995 -- to protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentatlly retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of each resident. Efforts in opposition to this bill which would impinge on the rights of individuals with intellectual disabilties

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3195 (110th), H.R. 3995 (110th), S. 1881 (110th), S. 3406 (110th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill regarding emergency prepardness for people with disabilities.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Veterans VET

Efforts were focussed on getting a P&A program created in a number of veterans' benefits and disability bills moving through Congress.

Contacted: Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Statutory Medicaid regulation moritoria on proposed rules related to a number of proposed Medicaid regulations. Disability specific Medicare provisions in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6331).

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6331 (110th)

Housing HOU

Frank Melville Aupportive Housing Investment Act of 2008 (H.R. 5772). This bill is designed to improve, streamline, and update the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5772 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2009 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. this is the bill that funds all of the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs and the Client Assistance Program (CAP). FY 2009 appropriations bill for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is the bill that funds disability housing programs. FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations bill with emphasis on emergency prepardness for people with disabilities.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Education EDU

REstraint and Seclusion issues related to children with disabilities in a variety of school settings. The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 (H.R. 5876). The bill is designed to protect teenswho are sent to a variety of residential placements. It includes language requiring reporting to the P&As and limits on the use of restraint and seclusion.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 5876 (110th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Juvenile Justice and Delinquincy Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008 (S. 3155). This bill would reauthorize juvenile justice programs. Our efforts focused on additional services and supports for juveniles with disabilities and on the creation of a P&A program focussed on juvenile justice issues.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: S. 3155 (110th)