United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Hearings

Long-Term Care After Olmsted: Aging and Disability Groups Seek Common Ground

September 24, 2001

 

This hearing will explore the impact of the 1999 Supreme Court case, Olmstead v. L.C., which found that states cannot force people to remain in institutional long-term care when community settings can provide reasonable alternatives to these facilities.

    Date: September 24, 2001
    Time: 1:00 p.m.
    Dirksen 192

Statements of Committee Members

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Witness Testimony

    Panel I

    1. Kathryn G. Allen, Director, Health Care - Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC

    2. Sara Rosenbaum, Director, George Washington University, Center for Health Services Research and Policy, Washington, DC

    3. Jane Isaacs Lowe, PhD., Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington, DC

    4. Laura Brackin, Director, Louisiana Governor's Office of Disability Affairs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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