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Deaf Rights in Mental Health Facilities
- Facilities which receive any federal money, either directly or through a state agency, must comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. sec 794. Section 504 requires that federal financial recipients' programs be equally accessible to handicapped persons. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations to Section 504 require provision of necessary auxiliary aids, such as sign language interpreters, to ensure equal access to these programs.
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Mental Health Issues
Rehab Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
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Deaf Rights in inpatient health care facilities
- Inpatient health care facilities have important responsibilities under federal law to be accessible to deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Failing to provide interpreters and adapted equipment may be discrimination on the basis of disability. In addition, failure to establish effective communication with a deaf
patient may expose a health care provider to liability for medical malpractice.
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Mental Health Issues
Health Care
Americans with Disabilities Act
Rehab Act
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Guide to Your Mental Health Treatment Plan - Brochure
- PDF brochure published by West Virginia Advocates. This is a guide for mental health consumers for developing their treatment plan, and explains legal rights and protections in that process.
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Mental Health Issues
Brochures
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Monitoring Residential Facilities Serving Adults with Mental Illness
- There is little national information on the policies and procedures used by States to regulate residential treatment facilities
for adults with mental illness. As a result, policymakers and program administrators face major difficulties in determining both the effectiveness of current policies and the potential need for new policies that are
responsive to emerging trends in mental health care. Based on a survey of State officials, this report provides the most accurate national data available concerning methods that States use to license, regulate, and monitor residential
facilities for adults with mental illness. The information in this report can help Federal and State policymakers improve procedures for monitoring quality of care provided in these facilities.
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Mental Health Issues
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Monitoring Residential Facilities for Children with MI
- There is little national information on the policies and procedures used by States to regulate residential treatment facilities for children with mental illness. As a result, policymakers and program administrators face major difficulties in determining both the effectiveness of current policies and the potential need for new policies that are responsive to emerging trends in child mental health care. Based on a survey of State officials, this report provides the most accurate national data available concerning methods that States use to license and regulate residential facilities for children with mental illness. The information in this report can help Federal and State policymakers improve procedures for monitoring the quality of care provided in these facilities.
Other Topics:
Mental Health Issues
Contributor: WVDDC
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Monitoring Residential Facilities for Children with MI
- There is little national information on the policies and procedures used by States to regulate residential treatment facilities for children with mental illness. As a result, policymakers and program administrators face major difficulties in determining both the effectiveness of current policies and the potential need for new policies that are responsive to emerging trends in child mental health care. Based on a survey of State officials, this report provides the most accurate national data available concerning methods that States use to license and regulate residential facilities for children with mental illness. The information in this report can help Federal and State policymakers improve procedures for monitoring the quality of care provided in these facilities.
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Mental Health Issues
Contributor: WVDDC
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Olmstead Fact sheet
- This paper is to help people understand the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Olmstead v. L.C. This paper will discuss the critical components influencing the decision
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Community Services
Americans with Disabilities Act
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Progress Since Olmstead - How Is Your State Doing?
- The Court wrote that "institutional placement of persons who can handle and benefit from community settings perpetuates unwarranted assumptions that persons so isolated are incapable or unworthy of participating in community life." In the decision, the Court noted that a State's efforts should "not be controlled by the State's endeavors to keep its institutions fully populated." How much progress has been made in your state between the 1999 Olmstead decision and FY 2006 (the last year for which we have data) regarding people in nursing homes?
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Community Services
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| Forms |
Form for filing DOJ complaint for government services
- Can be used for both Title II and 504 complaints.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Self Advocacy Tools
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