[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: UCP Washington Wire -- February 6, 2014

[Carlos Montas]

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> Date: February 6, 2014 at 3:00:36 PM EST
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> Subject: UCP Washington Wire -- February 6, 2014
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> February 6, 2014
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> CURRENT NEWS AND UPDATES
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> U.S. Department of Justice Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on ADA Regulations
> This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that is intended to revise the Department's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) title II and title III regulations to implement the requirements of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 made a number of significant changes to the ADA definition of “disability” to ensure that it would be easier for individuals seeking the protection of the ADA to establish that they have a disability that falls within the meaning of the statute. The Department’s NPRM implements those changes into the ADA title II and title III regulations. The comment period for the proposed rule closes on March 31, 2014. View ADA.gov for more information on the NPRM.
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> U.S. Department of Labor Secures Back Wages for Student Employees in Rhode Island
> On January 28, the City of Providence, the Providence School Board and the Birch Vocational Center and School in Rhode Island reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that will pay approximately $250,859 in back wages to 60 student workers with disabilities. The settlement comes after an investigation by the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division that discovered violations of minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Get more information from DOL.
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> STATE CHECK-UP
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> February Edition of Medicaid Watch Released
> Read the February 1, 2014 edition of MEDICAID WATCH. Notable and recent state developments and proposals that expand access and eligibility appear in blue, while noteworthy and recent state developments and proposals that reduce access and eligibility are printed in red. The last two pages contain a regularly-updated and current listing of sources and resources on state-level health coverage, with the most relevant news, facts and documents highlighted in yellow.
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> The MEDICAID WATCH doesn't cover only state-level Medicaid eligibility and access news; it also reports on other state health assistance programs, including: State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP); States' own non-federally-funded medical assistance programs; State Pharmacy Assistance Programs (SPAPs); State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); State-subsidized or - sponsored health insurance programs for limited income persons; and State-subsidized high risk health insurance pools (including premium discounts given by some risk pools to those with incomes under state-set levels).
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> Florida to Launch Discounted Health Insurance Exchange
> This week, Florida officials announced that they will launch “Florida Health Choices,” a state health insurance exchange that will offer pharmacy discount cards and limited dental plans, but not full-coverage insurance policies. The exchange aims to include almost 800,000 people in the state who make too much to qualify for Medicaid services, but make too little to qualify for subsidies to purchase insurance from the federal health insurance exchange marketplace. Read on at the Miami Herald.
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> ON THE HORIZON
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> Sign Up Now for UCP Annual Conference, “Hitting the Right Note”
> UCP’s 2014 Annual Conference, Hitting the Right Note, will be held from April 10-12 in Nashville, TN-- and there are still a variety of sponsorship opportunities and ways to get involved with this exciting gathering! More than 100 UCP affiliates, partners and experts will come together at the conference as we discuss how to more effectively and more efficiently serve people with disabilities in local communities while adapting to an ever-changing environment. Contact our Development Team at development at ucp.org for more information on how you can get involved!
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> Check Out the New “Voices of UCP” Blog 
> Head over to UCP’s website to check out the new “Voices of UCP” blog, which will feature information you can use, personal stories, messages from our CEO and much more. Our first featured post, “A New Direction: Discovering My Cerebral Palsy,” is written by Dalila Castillo, a young woman who did not discover her cerebral palsy diagnosis until she was 25 years old. Dalila writes about how she dealt with growing up with a condition she did not understand, how the news about her diagnosis impacted her life, and how it affects her life today.
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> For more information on this Washington Wire, contact: Connie Garner at CGarner at ucp.org.
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