(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) UPDATE: A new attorney for Andy McDonald will be appointed this week (the week of September 5) to represent him in his guardianship case, according to Mark Larsen, the director of the Mental Health … [Read more...]
Proposed changes to DDS behavioral and restraints regs would subtract protections, add vagueness
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Baker administration is proposing major changes to regulations governing behavior modification techniques and restraints that are used on persons with developmental disabilities. The Department … [Read more...]
Baker administration concedes some congregate care for the developmentally disabled is good, but will still largely prohibit it
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In responses to comments made to a federally required plan for community-based care of the developmentally disabled, the Baker administration is conceding that not all congregate care is bad or … [Read more...]
The Massachusetts Legislature and governor are leaving the state’s most vulnerable citizens behind
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) After wrapping up its annual budget deliberations last month, the Massachusetts Legislature is practically done for the year. There are a couple of formal sessions of the House and Senate still … [Read more...]
Limited federal IG probe faults state’s reporting on group home abuse in MA
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In one of the few investigations of the community-based system of care for the developmentally disabled, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week … [Read more...]
House and Senate not following their own funding plan for employment of the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) For the past three years, the state has been carrying out a policy of closing sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities and subsequently placing those people in mainstream … [Read more...]
DPPC and other programs for the developmentally disabled to get little or no increases next year
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Last week’s House budget debate on the Fiscal 2017 state budget showed just how little, in the way of funding increases, programs for the developmentally disabled will get next year. In that … [Read more...]
Committee quietly changes bill to train health care professionals in dealing with developmentally disabled persons
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Massachusetts Legislature already has a reputation for a lack of transparency in the way it does business; and a case involving a bill that would provide training for medical personnel in dealing … [Read more...]
Sen. Brownsberger and Rep. Fernandes once again order family rights bill sent into legislative black hole
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than a year after an important family rights bill (H. 1459) for persons with developmental disabilities was sent to the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, the committee co-chairs have decided it's … [Read more...]
Establishment media sinking to new depths in trying to take down Bernie Sanders
While the conservative media have long been engaged in a disreputable campaign to bring down Hillary Clinton, it's surprising to see the lengths that many in the so-called liberal media are going to take down Bernie Sanders. This column … [Read more...]
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