Disability Community Living Rights (Latonya Reeves Freedom Act)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-07-25 — Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act: cross-connection with transformation-to-competitive-integrated-employment-act: Competitive integrated employment is a companion policy pillar to community-based living (Olmstead integration mandate) for people with disabilities. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-04-28 — HCBS Access Act: cross-connection with hcbs-disability-community-access: Both bills target community-based long-term services and supports as an alternative to institutionalization for people with disabilities, complementing the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act’s community integration goals. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-15 — Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act: cross-connection with restoration-employment-choice-disabilities-act: Both concern the scope of choice and autonomy for adults with disabilities — employment settings here, community-based living settings in the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act — and implicate the Olmstead integration mandate. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-06-10 — Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2025: cross-connection with qaly-disability-discrimination-ban: Both address federal policy that shapes how the value of life and services for people with disabilities is assessed in publicly funded programs. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-06-23 — Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026: HR9401 (Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026) introduced to prohibit disability discrimination by strengthening the right to community-based long-term services and supports as an alternative to institutionalization, building on the ADA integration mandate and Olmstead v. L.C. (novelty: 2)