News and Alerts

After months of work and support from our participants and partners, we are excited to announce that CPR's re-designed Supported Decision-Making Website is live. We hope the site will help you learn about SDM, understand how SDM transforms lives, and inspire you to become a participant, supporter, or advocate.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a new proposed rule that would significantly weaken the current rules interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Section 1557 prohibits discrimination by health programs or facilities that receive federal funds from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. 

On June 21, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico gave its final approval to a new Settlement Agreement in the longstanding community integration case, Jackson v. Los Lunas.

Last night the House passed H.R. 3253, the Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access and Strengthening Accountability Act.  This bill funds the Money Follows the Person program through the Fiscal Year 2023.  It also extends the HCBS spousal impoverishment protections through March 31, 2024....We now need the Senate to act!  Join our national call-in day and ask your Senators to #FundMFP.

This week the Department of Labor announced its new website, “the Section 14(c) National Online Dialogue.”  The purpose of the website is to collect comments from the public about the impact of paying subminimum wages to people with disabilities under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Input from people with disabilities, families, employment providers and employers is important.  Share your perspective online before Friday, June 21st.

Today, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 10:15 am, the US House of Representatives will hold a hearing on barriers to employment, including for people with disabilities.

Over 25 national organizations, including the Center for Public Representation, formed the Coalition to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment.

A final settlement requires New Mexico to implement new policies and waiver standards designed to protect the health and safety of class members, to ensure timely and appropriate investigations of incidents and deaths, and to improve the quality and capacity of service providers. 

On April 1, 2019, CPR joined a number of national disability organizations to file a brief in the Texas v. US case, asking the Court of Appeals to reverse the district court’s ruling declaring the ACA unconstitutional.

CPR submits comments urging SSA to withdraw proposed rule Removing Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category, RIN: 0960-AH86. The rule seeks to eliminate the inability to communicate in English as a factor to be considered by the agency at Step 5 of the disability analysis.