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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.

2. Table 1 - Olmstead Plans.

3. Table 2 - Olmstead Lawsuits.

5. References.

6. Download PDF of report.

7. Download PDF of Plan table.

8. Download PDF of Case table.

9. Find Olmstead Information for a Specific State.

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Colorado Olmstead and Olmstead Related Cases, 2009

May 2009

The Center for PAS has tracked 2 Olmstead related case(s) in Colorado.

This information is extracted from the "Olmstead and Olmstead-Related Lawsuits" table in the "Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans" report published on the center for PAS website.

Duc Van LE v. Ibarra

Date filed: 1985

Case status: Closed (1992)

Primary Target group: Mental Illness

Case Type (Olmstead e or Related f): Related

Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CO117

Case Summary & Links to Further Detailsiii:

Summary Class action alleging the state's refusal to make Medicaid HCBS available to people with mental illness was discriminatory under the Rehabilitation Act as these services were available to seniors & people who are blind & physically disabled.
Progress Complaint upheld.

Mandy R et al v. Owens et al*

Date filed: Aug. 2000

Case status: Open

Primary Target group: MR/DDa

Case Type (Olmstead e or Related f): Olmstead

Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : CO22 3 23

Case Summary & Links to Further Detailsiii:

Summary Case challenges waitlists & seeks services in small ICF/MR group homes or HCBS waiver services. An association of non-profit community services providers contended that state payments for HCBS are inadequate & waiver services should be expanded, not ICF/MR services.
Progress Under appeal. Court dismissed all claims (dismissed ADA claims on grounds that "Olmstead does not stand for the proposition that a state must create, expand or maintain programs for the purpose of preventing disabled individuals from becoming institutionalized")
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