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Olmstead in Iowa

• Iowa Accomplishments, 2005-2006

  • Community-based services

  • Employment

  • Housing

  • Transportation
• Iowa Accomplishments: 1999-2005
• Iowa Executive Order 27 (text)
• State Agency Reports: Strategic Plans and Progress Reports
• Executive Summary
• Agency Olmstead Designees
• Preliminary Self-Assessments and Timelines

Olmstead Consumer Task Force

Background

• 2001 Iowa Plan for Community Development
• 2004-2005 Real Choices Grant Work Plan (HTML, text)
• Governor's Vilsack's Executive Order
• To learn more, see the revised .

Materials

• Iowa Executive Order 27 (text)
• Legislative Checklist (pdf, text)
• Olmstead Decision - Olmstead V. L. C. (9-536) 527 U.S. 581 (1999) - (text)
• New Freedom Initiative
• Presidential Executive Order 13217
• Understanding Olmstead in Iowa (pdf, text)

Legal Issues

• U. S. Supreme Court - Olmstead Decision
• The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) - Settlement with the Iowa Department of Human Services, 2004-2005

• DOJ Complaint
• DOJ Proposed Settlement
• DOJ Settlement

• Resource Centers Plan (Glenwood, Woodward)

Olmstead in the U.S.

Federal and State Resources and Activities

• Archived Chronology of Past HHS Actions in Olmstead/New Freedom Initiative Arena
• CMS letters to State Medicaid Directors on Olmstead Compliance and Implementation
• PACER Center - The Olmstead Decision
• Olmstead Activities in Other States