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OLMSTEAD DECISION IMPLEMENTATION An historic Supreme Court decision, Olmstead vs. LC (1999), encourages states to reevaluate how they deliver publicly funded long-term care services to people with disabilities. The court ruled that it is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act to discriminate against people with disabilities by providing services only in institutions when they could be served in a community-based setting, and certain conditions are met. As a result, legislators, executive branch officials, consumer advocacy groups and individual citizens are working together to implement the Olmstead decision. Overview of Olmstead Decision Overview of CMS Medicaid Spending for Community-based Long-term Care Community Based Long Term Care Solutions National Governors Association - PBS Broadcast on Long-term care alternatives Cortland County
Coalition for Long Term Care has formed a committee to identify
opportunities to identify existing resources to keep people in
the most integrated setting and to identify barriers to that
goal. Olmstead implementation requires: Cortland County has one agency able to assist Medicaid recipients to direct their own care independently in their homes: CAPCO Consumer Directed Personal Assistance. NYS
Olmstead Implementation
- New York has lagged other states in developing a plan to
implement Olmstead. The members of the Most Integrated
Setting Council were named in September 2003 and are slowly
developing a statewide plan.
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