Disability Policy News Archive
6/21/2022
Disability Policy News
Healthcare; Puerto Rico; Mental Health; Subminimum wage; Social Security and Medicaid; Employment
5/31/2022
Disability Policy News
Budget; ABLE Age Adjustment Act; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act; Mental Health Matters Act; White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
5/9/2022
Disability Policy News
Budget; Senate Introduces the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act; Money Follows the Person Expansion; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Released about Disability Discrimination in Artificial Intelligence (AI); U.S. Department of Education Announces Call for Public Comments About Amendments to Section 504 Regulations
5/2/2022
Disability Policy News
White House Increases Access to COVID-19 Treatments and Boosts Patient and Provider Awareness; Office of Minority Health Releases Framework for Health Equity; Money Follows the Person Expansion; The Health Equity and Accountability Act; The Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act
3/28/2022
Disability Policy News
COVID Guidance and Updates; President Biden's National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Released; Helping People with Disabilities in Ukraine; Civil Rights for Early Childhood Care and Education Systems; AbilityOne Commission Releases Strategic Plan for 2022-2026.
3/14/2022
Disability Policy News
Appropriations; Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act; Submit Comments on the U.S Department of Homeland Security�s Public Charge Rule; Submit Comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Request for Information (RFI) on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & Children�s Health Insurance Program; AUCD 2022 Policy Priorities;Disability Policy Seminar 2022
2/28/2022
Disability Policy News
Appropriations; HHS Guidance on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities; Senate HELP Committee Hearing; PREVENT Pandemics Act; NDRN "Restraint and Seclusion" Federal Policy Update White Paper; Disability Policy Seminar 2022; Tuesdays with Liz
2/14/2022
Disability Policy News
Appropriations; HHS Guidance on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities; Senate HELP Committee Hearing; PREVENT Pandemics Act; NDRN "Restraint and Seclusion" Federal Policy Update White Paper; Disability Policy Seminar 2022; Tuesdays with Liz
1/31/2022
Disability Policy News
What's Happening in Congress; PREVENT Pandemics Act; Distributing At-Home, Rapid COVID-19 Tests to Americans for Free; 2021 Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA; Every SEA received approval of their ARP ESSER plan; U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection Public Comment Period; Safety for Students in School; NDRN Report on Illegal Informal Removals; ODEP and EBSA Financial Toolkit for People with Disabilities; Disability Policy Seminar 2022; Tuesdays with Liz
1/18/2022
Disability Policy News
What's Happening in Congress; Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act; The Departments of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development Co-Launched a New Housing and Services Resource Center (HSRC); IRS Raises Limit for ABLE Accounts; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Guidance on Mobile Crisis Services; COVID-19 CDC Guidance; U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection Public Comment Period; Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Brief on Paid Family and Medical Leave; Disability Policy Seminar 2022; Tuesdays with Liz
8/2/2021
Disability Policy News
Editor's Note; Fiscal Year 22; Bipartisan Infrastructure; Budget reconciliation; Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act of 2021; CDC Guidance; National Council on Disability; Long COVID; Vaccine Distribution; AUCD Policy Talk; Tuesdays with Liz
7/26/2021
Disability Policy News
Infrastructure and budget reconciliation; Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA); Subminimum Wage; Public Charge; Vaccine Distribution; AUCD Policy Talk; Tuesdays with Liz
7/19/2021
Disability Policy News
Infrastructure and budget reconciliation; Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers; Appropriations; Voting; Biden-Harris Administration; COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance; Vaccine Distribution; AUCD Policy Talk; Tuesdays with Liz
7/12/2021
Disability Policy News
Infrastructure and budget reconciliation; Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing; abuse and neglect; Surprise Medical Billing; Voting; Biden-Harris Administration; American Rescue Plan; PICORI; IACC; AUCD Policy Talk; Tuesdays with Liz
7/2/2021
Disability Policy News
Disability Policy News Special Edition: Infrastructure and Budget Reconciliation
6/28/2021
Disability Policy News
Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, Better Care Better Jobs Act, Work Without Worry Act, Prescription Drug Pricing, Executive Order, Child Tax Credit, Eviction Moratorium, COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
