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DOJ issues ‘potentially devastating’ memo on disability law
The Trump administration released a memo last week that seeks to upend landmark disability laws and court rulings that prioritize people with disabilities receiving care while living in their community instead of at institutions like nursing homes. The memo, released by the Justice Department in response to a White House inquiry, does not change any existing laws. But it does signal the administration’s stance on the rights of people with disabilities, legal experts told STAT’s O. Rose Broderick — especially their right not to be segregated in institutions to receive necessary care.
“You can’t change the law through fiat. But I do think [this memo] signals a frontal attack on basic tenets of the disability rights movement,” said Jennifer Lav, director of the Disability Practice Area at the National Health Law Program. Read more from Rose on the details.
