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WIOA Restrictions on Subminimum Wage Now in Effect

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) posed new restrictions on the use of subminimum wage that went into effect...
August 10, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

DOL Releases Overtime Final Rule

The Department of Labor (DOL) has released the final Overtime rule, with an effective date of December 1, 2016....
May 19, 2016Dan Berland

NASDDDS Issues Summary of the Key Elements and Positive Practices in the Tennessee Transition Plan.

With the help of Tennessee State Staff, NASDDDS has put together a brief summary of the key elements and...
May 5, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

CMS Approves First Statewide Transition Plan

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted Tennessee final approval of the state’s Statewide Transition Plan...
April 15, 2016Dan Berland

HCBS Rule Guidance Addresses New Construction

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released additional FAQs on implementation activities related to meeting Home and...
April 15, 2016Dan Berland

KFF Brief Examines Streamlining Medicaid HCBS Authority

A new issue brief examines the concept of a streamlined Medicaid HCBS authority. The paper was co-authored by Mary...
March 11, 2016Dan Berland

DOL Issues Landmark Decision in Ohio Ordering Fair Pay From Sheltered Workshop

According to a recent article by Disability Rights Ohio, a precedent-setting opinion was issued by an administrative law judge from...
February 18, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

Obama Unveils 2017 Budget Proposal

President Obama has released his spending proposal for the 2017 fiscal year, which marks Obama’s last Presidential budget...
February 12, 2016Dan Berland

HCBS Advocacy Coalition Releases Updated State Advocacy Toolkit

The HCBS Advocacy Coalition has updated a toolkit first issued last year to inform state-level advocacy around the Home...
February 4, 2016Dan Berland

Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Recommendations for LTSS Financing

The Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom...
February 4, 2016Dan Berland

Legislation Would Expand Right to Community Integration

The Disability Integration Act, modeled after the ADA, expresses in law an explicit civil right for people with disabilities...
January 4, 2016Dan Berland

Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan Approved by the United States District Court

Minnesota revised its Olmstead Plan to identify and address barriers to full integration that people with disabilities face and...
December 1, 2015Jeanine Zlockie

Oregon Reaches Settlement Agreement with Department of Justice

Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced the state has reached a settlement in Lane v....
November 3, 2015Jeanine Zlockie

CMS Releases Medicaid Access Rule

CMS has finalized a long-awaited Medicaid “access rule” that establishes a process for states to document whether Medicaid payments...
October 30, 2015Dan Berland

Home Care Rule Takes Effect

DOL’s Home Care Rule took effect on October 13. DOL will not engage in any enforcement activities until November...
October 16, 2015Dan Berland

Statement from NASDDDS Executive Director, regarding the Home Care Association v. David Weil Opinion

NASDDDS Executive Director Mary Lee Fay issued this statement in response to the Circuit Court ruling upholding the DOL...
September 24, 2015Jeanine Zlockie

Court Upholds Home Care Rule

The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) rule that narrows the companionship exemption to...
August 24, 2015Dan Berland

CMS Guidance on Heightened Scrutiny Indicates States can Create Tiered Standards for HCBS Settings

CMS has issued a FAQ regarding heightened scrutiny for settings that are subject to the HCBS rule. The document...
July 1, 2015Dan Berland

Federal Court Requires Baseline Data and Measureable Goals for Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan

Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan will innovate and transform State services for people with disabilities, according to Alex Bartolic, the Director...
July 1, 2015Jeanine Zlockie

Bill Would Incentivize States to Increase Integrated Work

A bipartisan bill would create a demonstration project to provide bonus payments to states that increase the number of...
June 19, 2015Dan Berland