S. 117: Disability Integration Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-15 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Disability Integration Act of 2019

Plain summary

Disability Integration Act of 2019 This bill prohibits government entities and insurance providers from denying community-based services to individuals with disabilities that require long-term service or support that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life. Specifically, these entities may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by such actions as imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, or waiting lists or failing to provide a specific community-based service. Additionally, community-based services must be offered to individuals with such disabilities prior to institutionalization. Institutionalized individuals must be notified regularly of community-based alternatives. The bill requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations requiring government entities and insurance providers to offer community-based long-term services to individuals with such disabilities who would otherwise qualify for institutional placement. Government entities must ensure sufficient availability of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing that is not a disability-specific residential setting or a setting where services are tied to tenancy. Regulations shall also (1) require government entities and insurance providers to perform self-evaluation on current services, policies, and practices and concerning compliance with requirements of this bill; and (2) require government entities to submit a transition plan. HHS must determine annually whether each government entity is complying with the transition plan and must increase funding for those in compliance. The bill allows civil actions by individuals subjected to, or about to be subjected to, a violation of its requirements.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Disability Integration Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · 38 cosponsors

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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tina Smith (D-MN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s117.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s117 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116