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NDRN Joined 18 Other Disability Rights Organizations in an Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court on the Constitutionality and Severability of the Affordable Care Act
May 13, 2020
NDRN joined 18 other disability rights organizations in an amicus filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in California v. Texas regarding the constitutionality and severability of ACA, and highlighting how a number of ACA provisions are critical in providing health care to people with disabilities.
Amicus Brief - COVID-19
Disability Rights Nebraska’s Advocacy Results in New Access Memo from State HHS
April 30, 2020
Nebraska P&A's advocacy led its state Health & Human Services Department to release a memo to healthcare providers which reiterates nondiscrimination principles and basic standards of accessibility.
Letter - COVID-19
NDRN Joins Organizations to Urge that Hospital and Other Healthcare Provider Visitor Policies Include Reasonable Modifications for People with Disabilities
April 29, 2020
The letters call for equal access to reasonable modifications for people with disabilities who need the physical presence of a support person in health care settings.
Letter