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Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Emergency Management issues affecting people with disabilities

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Transportation TRA

Transportation provisions in the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan Funding for public transit and transporation in the COVID-19 crisis Accessibility and safety of autonomous vehicles Surface Transportation Bill

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Deinstitutionalization and community integration Enforcement of U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead decision Americans with Disabilities Act implementation Opposition to H.R.77, the ACCESS Act (ADA Compliance for Customers Entry to Stores and Services Act) Disability rights in emergency situations Ensuring accessible voting Care rationing and discrimination in the COVID-19 crisis Organ transplant discrimination prevention (including H.R.1235) Guardianship/Conservatorship reform

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 77 (117th), H.R. 1235 (117th)

Housing HOU

Housing options for people with disabilities in congregate settings at high risk coronavirus infection and death Emergency rental assistance and eviction and foreclosure protections during COVID Extension and improvement of CDC Eviction Moratorium Education on Fair Housing requirements as it pertains to people with disabilities Sec.811 supportive housing for people with disabilities and Mainstream voucher programs HOME Investment Partnerships Increasing affordable, accessible housing options and expanding rental assistance Housing provisions in the American Jobs Plan Implementation of the Fair Housing Act

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, P.L.113-295 ABLE Act Age Adjustment Act, (H.R.1219,S.331) Supporting expansion of the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Including adult dependents in the Economic Impact Payments Implementation of the American Resuce Plan Implementation of the Economic Impact Payments Supporting provisions benefitting the non-profit sector in COVID relief legislation

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 331 (117th), H.R. 1219 (117th)

Unemployment UNM

Efforts to improve administration of SSI and Title II programs affecting people with disabilities Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Implementation of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, P.L.113-295 Implementation of the unemployment provisions of the CARES Act, H.R.748

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 748 (117th)

Retirement RET

Improvements to Social Security Act Title II and Title XVI for people with disabilities Supplemental Security Income program issues, provisions dealing with persons with disabilities Social Security Disability program issues, provisions dealing with persons with disabilities Solvency of the Social Security Trust funds Social Security 2100 Act (S.269, H.R.860) to extend solvency and make benefits improvements ABLE Age Adjustment Act (H.R.1219/S.331) SSI Restoration Act ASSET Act Stop The Wait Act Stimulus payments included in the CARES Act, H.R.748

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 860 (117th), S. 331 (117th), H.R. 1219 (117th), H.R. 748 (117th), S. 269 (117th)

Education EDU

Funding for special education and teacher preparation programs in COVID relief legislation Opposition to IDEA waivers and education voucher programs in COVID relief legislation Support for the Keeping All Students Safe Act

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Disability community concerns regarding employment Disability concerns regarding paid leave Family Act Family and Medical Leave Modernization Act Healthy Families Act Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L.113-128 implementation Paid leave provisions of the Families First Cornoavirus Response Act, P.L.116-127 Elimination of 14 (c) subminimum wage and grants to expand competitive integrated employment and community-based supports National Apprenticeship Act (H.R. 447) Supporting the Direct Support Professional workforce

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 447 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, P.L.11-148 and P.L.111-192 and opposing repeal of the law. National Long Term Supports and Services Policy American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan Money Follows the Person re-authorization Home and Community-Based Settings Rule Expanding access to health care and testing in the COVID response packages Ensuring access to vaccines for people disabilities Supporting a comprehensive approach to health equity and accountability Drug pricing and chronic pain medication reform

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Education, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation of and approving the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act, P.L.113-295, provisions added in P.L.115-97 Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, P.L.111-148 and P.L.111-192 HCBS Setting Rules ABLE Age Adjustment Act, (H.R.1219, S.331) Funding for Medicaid Home and Community Based Services and American Rescue Plan (P.L.117-2) Increasing the feceral Medicaid FMAP and ensuring continued maintenance of efforts by states Protecting Medicaid access for SSI recipients

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Education, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 331 (117th), H.R. 1219 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

L-HHS-ED appropriations for FY 2022; THUD appropriations for FY 2022; American Jobs and Families Plans, (P.L.117-2) all provisions dealing with human services and employment for people with disabilities and Social Security Administration Limitation on Administrative Expenses (LAE), special education, assistive technology, respite, housing and transportation.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Education, Dept of

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

Reauthorization of the Lifespan Respite Act Child Care is Essential Act Protecting Family Caregivers from Discrimination Act

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)