Selected releases from years before 2006.
2005
Happy Day (for Now)! Medicaid Cuts Bounced Back to the House (12/21/05)
Senators Hold Key to Preserving Medicaid Safety Net (12/20/05)
Congressmen Join Disability Groups in Opposing Alito Nomination (12/15/05)
Unregulated Residential Treatment Facilities Exploit Children and Families, Say Mental Health Experts and Advocates (10/18/05)
Disability Rights Advocates Blast Pryor Vote (5/12/05)
House Medicaid Cuts Devastating for Americans with Mental Illnesses, Say Advocates (3/17/05)
Disability Rights Group Steamed Over Boyle Nomination (3/3/05)
Keeping Families Together Act Re-Introduced (2/15/05)
Western State Hospital Discharging Patients to “Unsafe Places” (2/3/05)
2004
Debt Collectors Won’t Seek Payment from Bankrupt Mental Health Provider’s Former Clients (11/10/04)
Healthcare Advocates Criticize DC Medicaid Proposal (10/13/04)
Lawmakers Pass Mental Health / Criminal Justice Bill (10/12/04)
Legal Advocates Challenge Missouri Voter Practices (10/8/04)
Veterans’ Affairs Opens Doors to Voter Registration, Education Efforts (8/23/04)
New Report Promotes Integrated Care for People with Serious Mental Illnesses (8/3/04)
Thousands of Children with Mental Illness Warehoused in Juvenile Detention Centers Awaiting Mental Health Services (7/7/04)
Legal Advocate Cites Ongoing Segregation on Eve of Olmstead Anniversary (6/21/04)
Supreme Court Decides Tennessee v. Lane and Jones, Upholds Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities (5/17/04)
Bazelon Center Statement on Senate Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (5/13/04)
National Expert Calls for Children’s Mental Health Reform in Ohio (4/27/04)
Tammy Seltzer's Testimony (Word document)
Bazelon Center Statement on the President’s Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (1/21/04)
Statement by Jennifer Mathis, Esq. on Tennessee v. Lane (1/12/04)
California Settlement Takes First Step Toward Olmstead Compliance; New Assessment System to Foster Community Alternatives to San Francisco Nursing Home (1/5/04)
2003
Landmark Mental Disability Lawsuit Ends After 33 Years; Wyatt Case Created Field of Mental Health Law, Established Rights Nationwide (12/15/03)
Mental Health Advocates Honor Maine Senator Susan Collins (12/2/03)
Advocates Call for Better Reporting on J.K. Reforms (11/24/03)
Supreme Court to Review Americans with Disabilities Act; Ruling Could Shield States from Anti-Discrimination Suits (11/12/03)
Florida Man Staves Off Eviction (11/10/03)
Lack of Services Means More Jail Time for NY Parolees with Serious Mental Illnesses; Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court (10/21/03)
Eleventh Circuit Rules on Section 504 Damage Claims (9/24/03)
Motion Filed to Settle DC Special Education Lawsuit (9/5/03)
Lawsuit Alleges Civil Rights Violations in Cook County Jail; Complaint Says Inmates with Mental Illnesses Face Discrimination, Lack Services (8/12/03)
Litigation Filed to Protect Privacy, Housing Rights of Older Tenants (8/7/03)
2nd Circuit Finds Vermont Durable Power of Attorney Law Discriminatory (8/6/03)
Lawsuit Seeks Community Integration of Thousands of New Yorkers with Mental Illnesses (7/1/03)
Bazelon Center Warns States Against Isolating People with Mental Illnesses (7/1/03)
Children’s Mental Health, Substance Abuse Issues Not Identified; States Underutilize Screening Tools, Says New Study (5/1/03)
Parents Give Up Custody of Children for Mental Health Services, Says New Government Report (4-21-03)
Suit Against Nation's Largest Child Welfare System Settled with Commitment to Reform; Los Angeles County Agrees to Close Abusive Institution and Provide Family-Based Services to Foster Children with Mental Disabilities 3/17/03)
Older People with Mental Illnesses Remain Unnecessarily Segregated in Nursing Homes, Institutional Settings (3/10/02)
Rights, Recovery Stressed at Mental Health Commission Meeting (2//10/03)
2002
Court Decision Allows Bar Admission for Lawyer with History of Schizophrenia (12/3/02)
Mental Health Advocates Oppose City's Move to Recover Litigation Expenses from Murder Victim's Family (10/24/02)
Public Interest Groups and National Law Firm File Suit Against Nation's Largest Child Welfare System; Suit Seeks to Improve Mental Health Services for Foster Children Throughout Los Angeles County (7/18/02)
Bazelon Center Calls on States to Protect Consumer Rights; Medicaid Budgets Should Not be Balanced Through "Backdoor" Limits on Access to Mental Health Services or Prescription Drugs (7/1/02)
2001
Virginia Agrees to Issue Rules Ensuring Access to Community Services for People with Mental Retardation (9/4/01)
New Data Bolster Request to Federal Medicaid Agency Not to Renew New Mexico’s Managed Behavioral Care Program (4/24/01)
New Mexico Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Care Called so Deficient It Should Not Be Renewed (3/30/01)
Groundbreaking Reform 0f Managed Mental Health Care for Children Ends Federal Lawsuit in Arizona (3/20/01)
HCFA Reinstates Mental Health in New Mexico Medicaid Waiver; Reprieve Sets Conditions with Potential to Improve Salud! Services (2-22-01)
2000
Advocates Praise Unprecedented Removal of Federal Support for Mental Health in New Mexico Managed Care Program (10/20/00)
As Federal Teams Review New Mexico's Medicaid Mental Health Care, New Data Show "Snapshot of Failure" (9/5/00)
Experts' Report Is "Damning Indictment" of Managed Mental Health Care for Arizona Children 7/12/00)
Federal Medicaid Agency Asked to Investigate Data on Salud! Mental Health Services (6-28-00)
Report Analyzes Problems and Successes in States' Use of Managed Care for Public Mental Health Services (5/22/00)
Even with Health Insurance, Many Parents Have to Give up Custody to Get Mental Health Care for Their Child (3/24/00)
Advocates Welcome Agreement to Name New "Transitional" Receiver for District's Mental Health System (3/1/00)
Study Finds Inadequate Monitoring of Pharmacy Benefits by Medicaid Managed Care Programs (2/16/00)
Landmark Mental Disability Suit Settled After 30 Years (1/21/00)
1999
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Crucial Decision for Inclusion of People with Disabilities (4/21/99)