In May, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued new regulations to enforce the original non-discrimination law for people with disabilities – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. This was the first update of the 504 regulations since 1977, and included new provisions on health care, child welfare, communication, technology, and community integration. In September, Texas and 16 other states filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel these new regulations and declare the 1973 statutory provision unconstitutional. CPR, together with a broad disability coalition, organized a strategy to save 504 and defeat this lawsuit.
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