May 31, 2017
The May 2017 Employment, Health Care and Disability Policy Update features information about Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) extending the full implementation deadline for the Medicaid HCBS Settings Rule, various HCBS transition...
February 27, 2017
The February 2017 Employment, Health Care and Disability Policy Update features stories on various state HCBS transition plan updates, the EEOC Final Rule that clarifies affirmative action obligations of federal employers, EEOC guidance on the legal...
November 29, 2016
The November Employment, Health Care and Disability Policy Update features stories on various state HCBS transition plan updates, a CMS Request for Information on how to accelerate HCBS services, a recent DOJ statement on the application of ADA...
September 30, 2016
The September 2016 update features stories on select state HCBS plan updates, new DOJ regulations clarifying the definition of disability under the ADA, a new nTIDE report from Research on Disability showing rising disability employment trends, and...
August 30, 2016
The July/August 2016 update features stories on select state HCBS plan updates, a new CMS report on long-term supports and services (LTSS) expenditures, a Harvard School of Public Health study on the connections between poor workplace accomdations...
June 29, 2016
The June 2016 update features stories on the new Ohio and Tennessee ABLE Account programs, CMS-approved HCBS transition plans for Kentucky and Ohio, final regulations for implementing the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act, EEOC...
May 31, 2016
The May 2016 update features stories on a new EEOC resource on securing disability-related employment leave, a CMS final rule addressing long-term supports and services, the DOL final rule on overtime in the Fair Labor Standards Act, and more.
April 29, 2016
The April 2016 update features stories on the work of the Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities (ACICIEID) in preparation for their September 2016 final report, CMS approval of Tennessee...
March 30, 2016
The March 2016 update features stories on recommendations from the Bipartisan Policy Center on improving financing for LTSS, a request for public comments from EEOC on its new affirmative action employment regulations, an update on Wisconsin's...
February 29, 2016
The February 2016 update features stories on President Obama's 2017 Budget, a new HCBS toolkit from the HCBS Advocacy Coalition, the newly released StatsRRTC Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, an update on Washington State's HCBS Transition...
