New Mexico Olmstead Plan Information
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The 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court Decision and New Mexico

In a landmark interpretation of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), the Supreme Court decided that people with disabilities have a right to receive care in the most integrated setting appropriate and that unnecessary institutionalization violates the ADA. All states must now comply with the decision. The Center for PAS is tracking the legal and policy ramifications of the Olmstead decision in each state.

For a complete list of Federal cases please refer to the Department of Justice, Olmstead Litigation page.

(Data below extracted from the Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans report, the State Olmstead Plans and Alternative Strategies table and the Olmstead and Olmstead-Related Lawsuits table available at the links above.)

New Mexico State Olmstead Planii

Updated February 2012, New Mexico does not currently have an Olmstead planii developed.

Further Information iii

Progress: The state now has a self-directed waiver for individuals with disabilities. As of April 2010, 1038 participants are in the Mi Via waiver program according to the 2010 Comprehensive Strategic Health Plan Update (p. 29).

Mi Via waiver website: http://nmhealth.org/ddsd/programswaiversandstatefunding/Mi_Via.htm

Notes and References: NM12

New Mexico Legal Cases Related to Olmstead (updated April 2012)

The Center for PAS has tracked 2 Olmstead and Olmstead related legal cases in New Mexico.

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