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Appeals Court: D.C. Must Better Integrate People with Disabilities into their Community, Upholds Class Action Remedy
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Appeals Court: D.C. Must Better Integrate People with Disabilities into their Community, Upholds Class Action Remedy

Last month, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided Brown v. District of Columbia, 928 F.3d 1070 (D.C. Cir. 2019), in favor of a class of about 1,000 residents of D.C.-supported nursing facilities who are seeking transfers to community-based care. The class alleged that the District failed to transition them out of the public institutions in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by programs receiving federal assistance (here, Medicaid, which helps fund the nursing facilities).

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