Federal Judge Overseeing Minnesota’s IDD Settlement Agreement Rejects Proposed Olmstead Plan

On September 18, 2014, the federal judge overseeing Minnesota’s compliance with the 2011 settlement agreement in the Jensen v. Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) class action lawsuit rejected the state’s proposed Olmstead plan for serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) or other disabilities in the least restrictive settings possible. The lawsuit was filed by residents of a state-run facility for individuals with IDD; the settlement agreement called for DHS to reduce the use of physical restraints with facility residents, and to help residents move from institutional settings to less restrictive placements integrated in the . . .