Policy Perspective - May 2024 Legislative and Policy Update
It’s been a whirlwind few weeks on the state and federal level for new laws impacting the disability community, so let’s get rolling!
Fighting discrimination in healthcare:
On May 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights, finalized a rule that prohibits discrimination based on disability in healthcare settings.
Policy Perspective – April 2024 Legislative and Policy Update
It’s official: Pluto is now Arizona’s State planet, thanks to Gov. Hobbs, who signed HB 2477 in late March. Pluto was discovered right here in Flagstaff by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. All other planets were first cataloged in Europe. The astonishing discovery ignited the world. Classrooms started teaching the nine-planet model. However, it was downgraded to a dwarf planet by 2006.