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Appendix D: Legislation to Support Positive Outcomes for Children with Disabilities
Pages 297-310

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From page 297...
... . Following the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression, President Roosevelt's Second New Deal introduced the Social Security Act of 1935, and an omnibus spending bill creating seven financial assistance programs was passed with majority support (SSA, 2017)
From page 298...
... The federal government assumed responsibility for administering disability benefits in 1972, and further extended benefits to children under age 22 through passage of the Social Security Amendments Act of 1972,2 thus creating the modern Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program (DeWitt, 2010)
From page 299...
... In 1977, First Lady Rosalynn Carter chaired a reassessment of the CMHC system, and an effort was launched to re-fund local mental health services through the Mental Health Services Act of 1980. This effort was undermined during the 1980s when the Reagan administration repealed the Mental Health Services Act of 1980 and restructured CMHC funding from categorical grants to state block grants.
From page 300...
... Title XIX of the Social Security Act provided states with the option to receive federal funding for providing health care services to low-income children, their caretaker relatives, the blind, and individuals with disabilities (Klees et al., 2010)
From page 301...
... Title I of the ADA forbids segregation of individuals with disabilities in their place of employment;4 Title II requires integration of adults and children with disabilities into state and local government entities and schools;5 and Title III requires businesses and organizations that serve the public to facilitate access for individuals with disabilities to the greatest extent feasible without assuming an undue burden.6 The "integration mandate" of the ADA is a key feature that received renewed attention in 2011, when President Obama launched the "Year of Community Living" initiative and directed the Department of Justice to renew attention on enforcing the Olmstead decision, which ruled that unjustified segregation of persons with disabilities constitutes discrimination in violation of Title II of the ADA. Section 504 and the 4  ADA § 12182(b)
From page 302...
... 1382c. 8  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 193 § 202, 104th Congress (August 22, 1996)
From page 303...
... The act encouraged states to use the new block grant funds to expand statewide access to health care for children. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 gave states the option of creating a separate health care program unrelated to Medicaid to expand child health care coverage.
From page 304...
... specified goals for citizens with disabilities to live independently, be productive and contributing members of society, and be included in all facets of community life. To accomplish these goals, the act allocated funds for research and pilot testing of innovative service delivery models for meeting the needs of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (ACL, 2017)
From page 305...
... to release formula grants for providing special education to school-aged children, youth, and young adults enrolled in secondary school and to provide transition services to youth with disabilities who are at least 16 years old. Transition services mentioned in the IDEA 2004 legislation included vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment)
From page 306...
... Eliminating premium hikes for individuals with preexisting conditions was intended to encourage all Americans to purchase adequate health insurance coverage. To protect individuals from costly illnesses and future preexisting conditions, as well as reduce expensive payouts by insurers, the ACA mandated that a set of preventive services and immunizations be covered by all insurance plans.
From page 307...
... WIOA amended the landmark Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (discussed earlier) to allow vocational rehabilitation agencies to use federal funds, as well as state, local, or private contributions, to coordinate pre-employment transition services with local education agencies.
From page 308...
... n.d. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
From page 309...
... 2000. Whatever happened to community mental health?


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