Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Implementation of the Olmstead Decision As It Pertains to State Developmental Centers

This document was released on December 9, 2015 by the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LB&FC). The LB&FC conducted the research in response to Pennsylvania House Resolution 2014-903, which directed the LB&FC to review the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Developmental Programs’ implementation of the 1999 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C., relating to the Commonwealth’s five centers for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and the provision of home-based and community-based services. The resolution also called for a report on the . . .