(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Based on our blog posts earlier this year defending the scrutiny of the privatization of state services that is provided under the Pacheco Law, I've been asked to present a defense of the law at … [Read more...]
We shouldn’t criminalize intellectual disability
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) When people with intellectual disabilities commit assaults or other violent crimes, our response should not be to race to lock them up. That, however, appears to be the intent of the Bristol County … [Read more...]
Sheltered workshops being closed in MA despite protective budget language
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Despite the passage of protective language in the state budget last year and this year, the Department of Developmental Services appears to be moving rapidly to shut down all remaining sheltered … [Read more...]
Andy and Stan McDonald gain a small victory in a system that has been pitted against them
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a Middlesex County Probate Court hearing last Monday (October 26), Andy McDonald, an intellectually disabled man, finally got the opportunity to tell a judge his long-sought wish -- that he be … [Read more...]
Public health report exonerates hospital in death, but leaves questions unanswered
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) [UPDATE: It was brought to our attention that a bill was filed earlier this year by state Rep. Carolyn Dykema of Holliston that would require that physicians, nurses, dentists, and other healthcare … [Read more...]
State Public Records ruling on release of hospital report is a win for the public
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what we see as a win for the public's right to know, the state's Supervisor of Public Records has concluded that the Department of Public Health went too far in redacting virtually an entire report … [Read more...]
Requirements reduced for ‘Real Lives’ law contractor to DDS
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Due to what appears to be an open-ended provision in a bid document in 2008, the Department of Developmental Services dropped contractual work requirements and yet increased administrative fee payments … [Read more...]
The Pioneer Institute does acrobatic logical twists re the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what has been widely viewed as a setback for state employee unions in Massachusetts, state legislators last week approved a state budget for Fiscal Year 2016 that includes a provision freezing the … [Read more...]
Family and guardian rights bill gathering momentum
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) After years of being stalled in the state Legislature, a bill that would boost the guardianship rights of family members of the developmentally disabled appears to have a chance of passage. The bill … [Read more...]
DDS still hasn’t applied for available funding for critical background check program
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Department of Developmental Services is on the hook to create a national background check program that will cost the Department more than $500,000 in the current fiscal year alone and will involve … [Read more...]
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