Condemning a legal opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 18, 2026, regarding the Olmstead v. L.C., the 1999 Supreme Court decision that recognized institutional isolation of people with disabilities as discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sponsored By: Representative Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
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Summary
Protecting the Olmstead integration mandate. This resolution would condemn a Department of Justice opinion issued June 18, 2026 that rejects the long-standing rule that states must offer community-based long-term services to qualified people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504.
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- People with disabilities: Calls attention to how institutional placement reduces family ties, social contacts, work options, economic independence, education, and cultural life, and urges preserving options to live in community-based settings.
- Medicaid recipients and home- and community-based services: Urges Congress to reverse what the resolution calls the biggest cut to Medicaid in history and to increase funding for home- and community-based long-term services and supports, warning that cuts and burdensome work-reporting requirements put health at risk.
- Department of Justice, Congress, and advocates: Demands the DOJ immediately rescind its June 18, 2026 opinion, notes a July 20 notice about revisiting guidance, and calls for bipartisan Congressional action to restore funding and protect integration rights.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/3/2026
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