Tennessee Olmstead Plan Information 
The 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court Decision and Tennessee
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.
- Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans
- Table: State Olmstead Plans and Alternative Strategies
- Table: Olmstead and Olmstead-Related Lawsuits by 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.)
Tennessee State Olmstead Planii
Updated February 2012, Tennessee does not currently have an Olmstead planii developed.
Further Information iii
Update: Tennessee announced the launch of a new program that will allow more residents to receive long-term care services in the home in a press release on August 2, 2010. The program is called TennCare CHOICES and started on March 1, 2010. To read the press release, go to: http://news.tn.gov/node/5650
TennCare CHOICES website: http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/CHOICES/
Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability website: http://www.tn.gov/comaging/
Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability Strategic Plan (2009): http://www.tn.gov/comaging/documents/2009StrategicPlan.pdf
Notes and References: TN12
Tennessee Legal Cases Related to Olmstead (updated April 2012)
The Center for PAS has tracked 7 Olmstead and Olmstead related legal cases in Tennessee.
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