Senator Harkin Marks the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision with the Introduction of the Community Integration Act

Last Sunday marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision, which found that the unnecessary segregation of individuals with disabilities in institutions is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To recognize that landmark decision, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), the Chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced…