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Advocate warns S.2 must address Olmstead implementation and alleged diversion of DDSN funds

2256212 · January 30, 2025
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Summary

A longtime disability advocate and attorney told the subcommittee that people with disabilities have fallen through service gaps for years and raised concerns about federal recoupments and apparent reallocation of appropriated DDSN funds.

Patricia Logan Harrison, an attorney who represents families of people with disabilities, told the Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee that S.2’s restructuring discussion should not obscure longstanding problems with services and fiscal accountability for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Harrison praised the committee’s effort to address coordination between agencies but asked for more…

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