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Advocates For People With Developmental Disabilities

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Bills Effecting people with DD 2012:
Statement 1 House Bill 2581 - Endorsed by ActionDD (Tommy's Bill) - (This bill has been removed.) A bill
      adding protections for people moving from RHCs. - January 2012
Statement 1 House Bill 2463 - Endorsed by ActionDD - Clarifies and eases reporting and training
      requirements for guardians.  - January 2012
Statement 1 House Bill 2720 - Endorsed by ActionDD - Provide funding for schools educating RHC
      children.  - January 2012
Statement 1 House Bill 1835 - Endorsed by ActionDD - Changes mental retardation to intellectual
      disability - January 2012

Documents Effecting people with DD 2012:
Statement 1 Budget Reduction Alternatives - Governor's budget cuts including DDD and Rainier School.
      - October 2011  
Statement 1 Governor's Budget Proposal - Outlines proposed cuts in fiscal
      2011-2013 DDD services. 12/15/2010
Miscellaneous Documents:

Dot DSHS Diversion Committee - Requested admissions to RHCs and denials
Dot WAC_388-825-091 - Our right in law to have and use RHCs
      (It's very short)
Dot 2010 RHC Client Assessment - RHC clients rated by age placement choice and acuity
Dot How Oregon failed disabled Adults - What happened to people after Fairview closed; 
      Author and date Unknown
Statement 1 DSHS wants to copy Oregon's failed closures - DSHS pledges to follow the example of
      Oregon in the closing of state DD facilities -- 2010, Author unknown.
Statement 1 Supreme Court Olmstead Decision - How states should handle their institutions.  1999.
Statement 1 Parsons Order -State Court of Appeals addresses DSHS Secretary's authority over RHCs.
      - August 2005
Statement 1 RHCs Constitutionally Mandated - Institutions for persons with developmental disabilities are
      constitutionally protected. Author unknown.
Statement 1 Roads to Community Living - Washington State’s version of Money Follows the Person Federal
      Grant, originally funded in 2007 as a 5 year grant totaling $27 million (covering all institutional
      facilities), has been extended until 2016.  Summary 2011 VOR.
Statement 1 Top 5 Reasons to Retain our RHCs - Why we need our RHCs -- ActionDD 2010.
Statement 1 Froberg Law Primer - What is the Froberg law?  Author and date Unknown.
Statement 1 The System of Supports for People with Developmental Disabilities Briefing Report - 2010,
      Outlines DSHS "re-envisioning" of services for people in need of services. It talks about using
      RHC professional services and expanding the community with RHC expertise.
Statement 1 RHC Efficiency Facts - RHCs key in continuum of care. Action DD, 1/2010.
Statement 1 Closure Study Response - Counter to Davis-Deshaies Study. Action DD, 1/2010.
Statement 1 Washington fails to protect - Adults with disabilities loose protection. Disability Rights of
      Washington,  Date Unknown.
Statement 1 RHC Closure FAQs - ADSA provides questions and answers.  ADSA, 1/2010.
Statement 1 Reforming care for DD - Governor Gregoire proposes RHC closure. 2/2010.
Statement 1 Mortality Rates - Death rates between RHCs and community. DSHS, 2/2010.
Statement 1 Myth vs Fact - Arc shows myths and facts about RHCs. The Arc, 2/2010.
Statement 1 Rainier School Respite - A vision of respite care. Author and date unknown.
Statement 1 RHC closure Events - Arc outlines SB 6780 in hand out. The Arc 2/2010
 Power Point Slide Shows: (Requires MS Power Point)
Statement 1 Yakima Valley School - Action DD's Presentation to the legislature.  3/2009.

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