April 28, 2014
DREDF comments on Electronic Health Record Certification Criteria, calling for full accessibility and that EHR should record functional impairments and accommodation needs of people with disabilities.
Methodology for Adjusting Payment Amounts for DMEPOS
April 15, 2014
Attention: CMS-1460-ANPRM, Medicare Program; Methodology for Adjusting Payment Amounts for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Using Information from Competitive Bidding Programs
Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics
March 30, 2014
A groundbreaking event for disability rights advocates to advance the disability rights perspective on bioethics issues. April 25 and 26, 2014
DREDF Comments on Proposed DOJ ADAAA Regulations
March 29, 2014
DREDF submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008. The ADA Amendments Act (often called the ADAAA) was enacted to restore the broad scope of the ADA's definition of "disability" in the wake of several U.S. Supreme Court decisions that had narrowly interpreted that definition in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Support for SB 577 Developmental Services
March 27, 2014
SB 577 seeks to create a new service funded by the California regional centers that allows providers to assist consumers individually to prepare for employment. This new category could be used to put together micro-enterprise opportunities and to fund the discovery phase of customized employment for people with developmental disabilities. [...]
The Misguided Vote on Debo Adegbile to Head the DOJ Civil Rights Division
March 12, 2014
On March 5, 2014 the Senate failed with a vote of 47-52 to move forward on the nomination of Debo Adegbile as the next head of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. The vote of 47-52 is disappointing to the disability and civil rights communities—Mr. Adegbile has spent his career litigating civil rights cases. It is not disputed that he holds the experience and credentials necessary for this position.
NPRM Posed Regulatory Changes to Medicare (Part D) and (Part C)
March 7, 2014
DREDF submitted comments to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) posted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPRM posed regulatory changes to the operation of the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D) and the Medicare managed care program (Part C). DREDF supported some aspects of the NPRM which called for greater consumer protections and increased oversight of, and accountability from, managed care plans who have Medicare beneficiaries. At the same time...
Disabled Americans Fight for Transportation Rights
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March 6, 2014
It's a transportation kind of day at DREDF. Marilyn Golden, DREDF's go-to woman on transportation spoke with Toshio Meronek at Al Jazeera America about the lack of accessible vehicles available through transportation network companies (Uber, Lyft, Sidecar). Good coverage.
A Matter Of Life and Death: Out-Of-The-Water Survival Craft
February 6, 2014
Your letters, and as many others as possible, are needed ASAP to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on an important issue that is new to many of us: that U.S. Coast Guard rules require passenger vessels to maintain survival craft that keeps the individual's body out of the water, not just afloat (think Titanic-like conditions).
Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 3717)
January 28, 2014
DREDF joined with other members of the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities to oppose the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 3717). While the bill purports to aid families of individuals with serious mental health conditions, it actually contains numerous provisions that would eliminate significant and necessary protections for these individuals.