5524.E AMH WALS WICK 201

ESB 5524 - H AMD 484

By Representative Walsh

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that individuals with developmental disabilities should be allowed to participate in prevocational services if they choose. Requiring individuals to transition out of this environment against their wishes undermines the guiding supreme court decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581, which held that Title II of the federal Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et. seq.) requires states to provide certain individuals with developmental disabilities community-based program options rather than institutional placements, but that there is no requirement that community-based treatments be imposed on individuals against their will.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 71A.12 RCW to read as follows:

The department shall develop rules to allow clients to participate in prevocational services, if available and requested by the client."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Replaces the contents of the bill with a requirement that the Developmental Disability Administration adopt rules to allow clients to participate in prevocational services, if available and requested by the client.

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