Court Orders Texas To Stop Segregating People With I/DD In Nursing Facilities 

On June 19, 2025, a federal judge in Texas ruled that state segregation of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) in nursing facilities without mandated services or opportunities for community living must end and ordered the state and the plaintiffs’ attorneys to submit a proposed remedial order by August 1, 2025. The judge ruled that by failing to offer services in the most integrated setting appropriate for the person’s needs, the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Nursing Home Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act, and the Medicaid Act. As a remedy, the . . .