Application Of The Rehabilitation Act & Americans With Disabilities Act To State Institutionalization Of Patients With Severe Mental Illness Or Disabilities

The document was released on July 18, 2026, by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ). In the document the DOJ laid out its belief that Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act do not actually require states to provide community-based integration and inclusion for people with disabilities. The DOG said its guidance issued in 2011 and 2020 relative to the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. was “not enforceable . . .