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CMS Releases New Guidance On Disability Services During Pandemic.

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Disability Scoop (7/10, Diament) reports the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week “updated its 99-page frequently-asked-questions document for states detailing how COVID-19 may affect Medicaid services.

Significantly, advocates say CMS is emphasizing for the first time that despite the pandemic, states must continue to comply with the U.S.

Supreme Court’s 1999 ruling in Olmstead v. L.C., which found that people with disabilities have a right to access services in the community.”.

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