Latonya Reeves Freedom Act
Current understanding
The Latonya Reeves Freedom Act (HR9401, 2026, introduced) would strengthen prohibitions on disability discrimination by requiring that people with disabilities be offered community-based long-term services and supports rather than being forced into institutional settings. It builds on the ADA’s integration mandate and the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision, and would primarily operate through Medicaid-financed home and community-based services (HCBS). Prior versions of the bill (formerly the Disability Integration Act) have been introduced in earlier Congresses without enactment.
Evidence log
- 2026-04-28 — HCBS Access Act: cross-connection with hcbs-access-act: Both bills target expanded access to community-based long-term services and supports as an alternative to institutional care, primarily through Medicaid HCBS. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-01-04 — Think Differently Database Act: cross-connection with think-differently-database-act: Both address access to Medicaid HCBS/LTSS for people with disabilities; the Database Act provides an information/navigation resource while the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act would establish a substantive right to community-based services. (novelty: 3)