2005 News Archive

September 2005

• Hurricane Katrina Bulletin #2: Compliance Guidance and Enforcement Statement [PDF - 148KB] - 9/9/05
• Hurricane Katrina Bulletin: Disclosing PHI in Emergency Situations [PDF - 30KB] - 9/1/05

July 2005

• Surgeon's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities - [7/26/05]
• Transforming Mental Health Care in America: The Federal Action Agenda - [7/22/05]
• What's New - OCR Updates Report of Success in Facilitating the Community Integration of People with Disabilities - [7/20/05]
  
  OCR has released an updated version of "Delivering on the Promise: OCR's Compliance Activities Promote Community Integration." This document summarizes the satisfactory resolution of complaints filed with OCR on or on behalf of approximately 250 individuals with disabilities. These complaints alleged that individuals were denied the opportunity to receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. OCR is producing this document in accord with HHS' response to President Bush's Executive Order 13217, Community-Based Alternatives for People with Disabilities, and HHS' commitment to broadly disseminate individual accounts of how civil rights compliance activities have facilitated community integration. (See Delivering on the Promise, HHS' Report to the President on Executive Order 13217, available at www.hhs.gov/newfreedom/eo13217.html.)

June 2005

• Order a free CR ROM that contains a complete collection of the Department of Justice's Americans with Disabilities Act materials

May 2005

• OCR adds new HIV/AIDS resource pages - 5/16/05

March 2005

• Limited English Proficiency Video - (captioned) | (non-captioned) - [3/25/05]

February 2005

• HUD issues Notice providing guidance on initiatives to assist housing search of families with a person with disabilities [PDF - 65.9KB] - 2/1/05