2012 Report of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The 2012 Report of the President’s Committee for People with
Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) was transmitted to the White House earlier
this month, and is now available on the ACL website. The report provides
recommendations regarding Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) for
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The report
contains 15 recommendations in the following areas:

·        
Disability stakeholder
engagement,

·        
Choice and
self-determination, 

·        
Consumer protections and
rights, and 

·        
Quality measurement,
data collection, and research.

It also recommends that states and the federal government engage
disability stakeholders in the design, implementation, and oversight of MLTSS
program to ensure consumer protections.

View summary and full version of PCPID report.