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Gazette opinion: Montana’s promising plan to protect disability rights

Montana finally has a plan for transitioning severely disabled adults into community care and out of an institution long plagued with abuse and neglect.

A year ago, lawmakers and Gov. Steve Bullock agreed that residents of the Montana Developmental Center at Boulder should be transitioned to community care and that MDC should be closed.

At the most recent meeting of the MDC Transition Advisory Council, state budget director Dan Villa presented a plan for carrying out the new law. The law aims to protect the rights of people with disabilities, rights that already are guaranteed in the Americans with Disabilities Act and affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Full Opinion: http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/editorial/gazette-opinion/gazette-opinion-montana-s-promising-plan-to-protect-disability-rights/article_279dba14-15c0-5821-80af-44f1d8504883.html

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