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Title VIII: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity - HUD. (Programs Administered by FHEO) The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) administers and enforces major legislation that ensures equal access to housing, guarantees equal opportunity in all HUD programs and prohibits, to a limited extent, discrimination in employment with respect to HUD programs.

Basic components of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity are as follows: The FAIR HOUSING ACT Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of dwellings based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. HUD has had a lead role in the administering the Fair Housing Act since its adoption in 1968. The 1988 amendments, however, have greatly increased the Department's enforcement role. Significant Recent Changes 1. HOPA retains the requirement that housing must have one person who is 55 years of age or older living in at least 80% of its occupied units. 2. 3. Program Status: Active. S.557 - 100th Congress (1987-1988): Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Tracker: This bill has the status Became Law Here are the steps for Status of Legislation: IntroducedArray ( [actionDate] => 1987-06-05 [displayText] => Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 100-64. Minority views filed. [externalActionCode] => 14000 [description] => Introduced ) Passed SenateArray ( [actionDate] => 1988-01-28 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 75-14. Subject — Policy Area: Shown Here:Passed Senate amended (01/28/1988) (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #12 (75-14)) States that nothing in such Act shall be construed to: (1) require or prohibit any person or entity to provide or pay for an abortion; or (2) permit a penalty to be imposed on any person because such person is seeking or has received any benefit or service related to a legal abortion.

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws. U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section February 2020 Americans with Disabilities Act Telecommunications Act Fair Housing Act Air Carrier Access Act Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act National Voter Registration Act Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Rehabilitation Act Architectural Barriers Act General Sources of Disability Rights Information Statute Citations For persons with disabilities, this document is available in large print, Braille, and CD.

Reproduction of this document is encouraged. This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. U.S. Telecommunications Act Fair Housing Act U.S. U.S. Passengers with Disabilities. PAIMI fact sheet 2013. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - HealthCare.gov Glossary. Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act (1986; 99th Congress S. 2209) When President-elect Trump takes office on January 20, the House, Senate, and White House will be controlled by the same party for the first time in six years.

Things are going to happen fast. Congress is expected to move quickly on Trump's agenda using the same tactics immune to the filibuster that Democrats used to enact the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Now more than ever we need transparency in Congress. Over the last year we’ve helped 10 million Americans track Congress using bill alerts. We hope to continue GovTrack Insider, where we put the most important legislation into plain English. We've also worked with Congress on improving transparency at the source. We now need your help. Donate to Support Our Work Thanks very much for being a part of GovTrack. Joshua Tauberer Founder, GovTrack.us. Health Plans & Benefits: Continuation of Health Coverage - COBRA | United States Department of Labor. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours worked, transition between jobs, death, divorce, and other life events.

Qualified individuals may be required to pay the entire premium for coverage up to 102% of the cost to the plan. COBRA generally requires that group health plans sponsored by employers with 20 or more employees in the prior year offer employees and their families the opportunity for a temporary extension of health coverage (called continuation coverage) in certain instances where coverage under the plan would otherwise end. COBRA outlines how employees and family members may elect continuation coverage. It also requires employers and plans to provide notice. State Children's Health Insurance Program | Benefits.gov. What is HIPAA. What is HIPAA? HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996.

HIPAA does the following: Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for millions of American workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs;Reduces health care fraud and abuse;Mandates industry-wide standards for health care information on electronic billing and other processes; and Requires the protection and confidential handling of protected health information HIPAA is organized into separate "Titles. " For information on the HIPAA Titles, please go to the HIPAA Title Information Page. Health Insurance Portability The portion of HIPAA addressing the ability to retain health coverage is actually overseen by the California Department of Insurance and the California Department of Managed Health Care.

What is HIPAA? Protection and Confidential Handling of Health Information Visit the DHCS Privacy Office Web Site. Canadian Human Rights Act. Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act | Disability Rights and Resources. The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 generally requires polling places across the United States to be physically accessible to people with disabilities for federal elections.Where no accessible location is available to serve as a polling place, a political subdivision must provide an alternate means of casting a ballot on the day of the election.This law also requires states to make available registration and voting aids for disabled and elderly voters, including information by telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDDs) which are also known as teletypewriters (TTYs).Effective September 15, 2015: A polling official may allow a voter who is physically disabled or over the age of 70 to move to the front of the line at a polling place upon request of the voter.

Polling Site Accessibility- ADA Checklist for Polling Places. An evaluation of polling place accessibility should focus on those areas of a facility that are important to voting. Telecommunications Access for People with Disabilities | Federal Communications Commission. FCC rules under Section 255 of the Communications Act require telecommunications equipment manufacturers and service providers to make their products and services accessible to people with disabilities, if such access is readily achievable. Where access is not readily achievable, manufacturers and service providers must make their devices and services compatible with peripheral devices and specialized customer premises equipment that are commonly used by people with disabilities, if such compatibility is readily achievable.

Products and services covered under Section 255 FCC rules cover all hardware and software telephone network equipment and telecommunications equipment used in the home or office. Such equipment includes telephones, wireless handsets, fax machines, answering machines and pagers. Definitions Accessible: A product or service is deemed accessible if it provides accessible input, control and mechanical functions, as well as accessible output, display and control functions. The History of Special Education Law. In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. - Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) To understand the battles being fought today for children with disabilities, it is important to understand the history and traditions associated with public schools and special education.

In this chapter, you will learn about the evolution of public education and special education, the impact of several landmark discrimination cases, and the circumstances that led Congress to enact Public Law 94-142 in 1975. Common Schools Teach Common Values Waves of poor, non-English speaking, Catholic and Jewish immigrants poured into the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. An educational reformer named Horace Mann proposed a solution to these social problems. For public schools to succeed in the mission of socializing children, all children had to attend school. Early Special Education Programs. Civil Rights Of Institutionalized Persons | CRT | Department of Justice. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - United States Access Board. Text of Section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. §792) §792.

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (a) Establishment; membership; chairperson; vice-chairperson; term of office; termination of membership; reappointment; compensation and travel expenses; bylaws; quorum requirements (1) There is established within the Federal Government the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Access Board") which shall be composed as follows: (A) Thirteen members shall be appointed by the President from among members of the general public of whom at least a majority shall be individuals with disabilities.

(i) Department of Health and Human Services. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Access Board shall be elected by majority vote of the members of the Access Board to serve for terms of one year. (ii)(I) One member appointed for a term beginning December 4, 1992 shall serve for a term of 3 years. AUCD - DD Act. The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (The DD Act) The purpose of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (the DD Act) is to assure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of, and have access to, needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life, through culturally competent programs authorized under the law.

These programs include: State Councils on Developmental DisabilitiesProtection and Advocacy systemsUniversity Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service Projects of National Significance. ADA.gov homepage. MSRSOTA. AOTA Practice Advisory on OT in EI Final Draft cw 3. Congressional Affairs. Payment and Delivery System Reform. A combination of factors necessitates reforms to the health care payment and delivery systems. These include unsustainable public and private health care spending growth, an increased prevalence of chronic health conditions, and rising demand for health care services due to the aging of the population and the expected growth in the number of people with health insurance. The goals of reform are aptly summarized by the “Triple Aim”: improving the individual experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of care.

The Affordable Care Act and other health care reform initiatives have incentivized increased integration and coordination of care delivery. New models of delivery are being tested, such as accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes. New payment methods to reduce the prevalence of fee-for-service reimbursement will also increasingly appear such as the use of bundled payments.