Georgia DOJ Settlement

Information about implementation of the Georgia/Justice Department Settlement Agreement for people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. The Settlement Agreement is based on the U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead decision.

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Significant Transitions Affect Mental Health Services in Georgia

Big Change in Psychiatric Hospitals by Andy Miller Interview with Commissioner Frank Berry, May 28, 2013, Georgia Health News

DCH Commissioner Cook to be Replaced by Former DCH Commissioner (and current DHS Commissioner) Clyde Reese -- Article By Andy Miller Georgia Health News May 30, 2013

NAMI Report on Potential Impact of Affordable Care Act on Insurance for Individuals With Mental Illness
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Monday, May 20, 2013

DOJ Settlement Discussed at Carter Center Georgia Mental Health Forum

DOJ Shows Results, Challenges Remain, Georgia Health News, May 20, 2013, Andy Miller
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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sam Bagenstos writes about important new DOJ Brief for Olmstead

Important Recent Department of Justice Olmstead Brief

via Disability Law by Samuel Bagenstos on 4/25/13
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Andy Miller Article on Medicaid Expansion

Georgia Hospital Officials Muted on Medicaid Expansion, Georgia Health News, Andy Miller
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Clearinghouse Collection of Olmstead Cases

The University of Michigan Law School Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse has Published This Collection of Summaries of Olmstead Cases
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NPR and Other News Stories on Olmstead

*Care at Home: A New Civil Right? Joseph Shapiro, December 2010


*Justice Increases Effort to Implement Olmstead


*A New Civil Right Looks for Stronger Enforcement Joseph Shapiro, December 2010


*Youth in Nursing Homes Seek Alternative Care -- Joseph Shapiro, December 2010


*Families Fight to Care for Children with Disabilities at Home -- Joseph Shapiro, December 2010


*Home Care Might Be Cheaper, But States Still Fear It -- Joseph Shapiro, December 2010


*Settlements in Mental Health Cases Face Scrutiny, by Ari Shapiro March 30, 2009


*NPR's Coverage of Oral Argument of 1999 Olmstead Case (requires special media player)


*New York Times 1999 Editorial Regarding Olmstead Case

Olmstead Plaintiff Meets President

Olmstead Plaintiff Meets President
Lois Curtis, the original Plaintiff in Olmstead, shows her painting to President Obama in June 2011. The President told her his Administration would enforce Olmstead and ensure people with disabilities can live in the community.

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Talley Wells is the Director of the Disability Integration Project at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. and creator of OlmsteadRights.org. He advocates for individuals with disabilities confined in Georgia institutions and nursing homes and individuals at risk of institutionalization. His focus is on implementation of the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision. He has been a key advocate in the implementation of a five-year 2010 U.S. Justice Department settlement with Georgia that is enabling most people with intellectual disabilities and mental illness to leave state institutions and return to the community. He works with the Institute on Human Development and Disability at the University of Georgia on a grant that educates law students about Olmstead. He chairs the board of The Center for Working Families. Also, he and his wife Laura worked for ten years to found a L’Arche community for adults with developmental disabilities in Atlanta. He attended Duke University and Duke Law School. Talley is a former skipper on the world famous Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World. http://www.OlmsteadRights.org/
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Sue Jamieson, Olmstead Attorney, Receives Emory Award February 2012

Sue Jamieson, Olmstead Attorney, Receives Emory Award February 2012
Sue Jamieson (middle) received the Lifetime Dedication to Most In Need Award from the Emory Public Interest Committee of the Emory Law School on February 7, 2012. Standing with her are Talley Wells, Director of the Mental Health and Disability Rights Project at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. Standing with her are Atlanta Legal Aid Society Olmstead attorneys Talley Wells and Jessica Felfoldi.
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