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Updated: 2 months ago
While these actions should have happened long ago, the Disability Law Center is encouraged by the recent efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services in revoking the licenses […]
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Updated: 3 months ago
Our new report, The License to Mismanage: Investigating Utah’s Troubled Long Term Care System, explores the State’s oversight of long-term care facilities with a focus on the tragic death of Chien Nguyen, an individual with a long history of mental illness.
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Updated: 3 months ago
Today we are releasing a report, The License to Mismanage: Investigating Utah’s Troubled Long Term Care System, that explores the State’s oversight of long-term care facilities with a focus on […]
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Updated: 4 months ago
Opening Session: Olmstead and the promise of the Home and Community-Based Settings Rule Elizabeth Edwards, National Health Law Program Best Practices in Residential Settings: How to Avoid Barriers and Pitfalls […]
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Updated: 4 months ago
On January 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released what are commonly referred to as its Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings regulations. This document outlines […]
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Introduction The Disability Law Center (“DLC”), established in 1978, is a private, independent nonprofit organization designated by the governor as the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (“P&A”) agency for the […]
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Call for Action As the State’s Protection and Advocacy Agency, the Disability Law Center (DLC) advocates for the full inclusion of people with disabilities by promoting comprehensive, quality community-based services […]
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Updated: 4 months ago
Please fill out our brief survey after viewing! Watch a recording of the Disability Law Center’s (DLC) webinar regarding the HCBS Settings Rule. We have two years until the home […]
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What law protects residents in nursing homes? Nursing home residents are protected from involuntary transfer and discharge under the Nursing Home Reform Law of 1987. The Reform Law applies to […]
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