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1. System restructuring in Iowa would integrate substance use care.

Author

Enos, Gary

Subjects
*SUBSTANCE abuse treatment, *HEALTH services accessibility, *MEDICAL quality control, *NEGOTIATION, *PEDIATRICS, *ORGANIZATIONAL change, *MEDICAL appointments, *CONVALESCENCE, *MEDICAID, *INTEGRATED health care delivery, *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990
Abstract

Mental health advocates in Iowa have expressed cautious optimism that a proposed system restructuring that is under consideration in the state legislature would result in more equitable and navigable services for the state's residents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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2. HHS: Rhode Island violated civil rights laws by warehousing children with MI.

Author

Canady, Valerie A.

Subjects
*HEALTH services accessibility laws, *CIVIL rights, *CHILD psychopathology, *PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities, *PSYCHIATRIC treatment, *LEGAL procedure, *CRISIS intervention (Mental health services), *DISCHARGE planning, *LENGTH of stay in hospitals, *HOSPITAL care of children, *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990
Abstract

A multi‐year, comprehensive joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) District of Rhode Island earlier this month concluded that Rhode Island is in violation of federal civil rights laws for unnecessarily segregating children with mental health and/or developmental disabilities at a state acute‐care psychiatric facility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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3. HHS final rule promotes community integration, civil rights protections.

Author

Canady, Valerie A.

Subjects
*CIVIL rights, *CHILD welfare, *HOME care services, *SOCIAL integration, *DISCRIMINATION against people with disabilities, *PEOPLE with disabilities, *INTEGRATED health care delivery, *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990, *GOVERNMENT regulation
Abstract

More than 50 years after the implementation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 — a federal law prohibiting disability discrimination in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance — the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) earlier this month issued a final rule to clarify several crucial areas not explicity addressed in the current rule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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