New regulations from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner will limit consumer choice and undermine ABA settlements in Washington. The new regulations, which will be finalized this month,  is the first half of what is to be a two-part rule-making process. We applaud and endorse comments by Eleanor Hamburger of Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger regarding Network […]

ABLE savings accounts allow those with disabilities to save for future expenses.

Under the Office of Insurance Commissioner(OIC)’s proposed rules(attached below), developmentally disabled children could receive very limited medically necessary therapy before coverage would run out. Under that scenario, children could lose all the progress made as a result of the therapy until they have coverage again the next calendar year.  Please take action asking the OIC […]

The U.S. Department of Education is requesting public comment by July 21, 2014 on the actions that the Department should take to address significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity in special education. The Department is requesting input from the public on actions the Department should take related to: significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity in […]