Patti's Comments: After reading the article below, I say congratulations to the citizens of Mass!! I just returned from Boston, and all I wish for is that Michigan would come up with a similar, if not more aggressive solution, rather than the path they are taking via the budget system...
From The Republican: (click for entire article)
"The state has reached an agreement in a long-standing class action lawsuit involving disabled people seeking to live outside nursing homes.
The agreement in the suit, initially filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield in 1998, will mean more than 600 people will be moved out of nursing homes in Massachusetts to apartments, group homes or their own residences and will have support staff available. The agreement is similar to one reached in 1999, which resulted in more than 1,000 people were placed in the community over several years, according to the state."
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