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Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025
ACLU and Disability Law Center File Lawsuit to Block Creation of New Restrictive Guardianships for Utahns with Disabilities
SB199 creates a separate guardianship system for those with a “severe” intellectual disability. But for a court to agree to use this guardianship, a physician or psychologist must merely describe an intellectual disability as “severe.”
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Veto Letter to Governor Cox on SB199
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU of Utah) strongly urges Gov. Spencer Cox to veto SB199, Guardianship Amendments, a sweeping and damaging bill that threatens to strip critical rights from Utahns with disabilities.
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
SB199 Leter urging the House to vote no on this expansive and harmful bill
The undersigned disability and civil rights organizations write to express our grave concerns about S.B. 199, “Guardianship Amendments” and urge the House to vote no on this expansive and harmful bill.
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Aug 03, 2018
Aug 03, 2018
ACLU of Utah opposes work requirements in Utah Medicaid waiver proposal
On Friday, August 4, 2018, the ACLU of Utah submitted a public statement in opposition to the work requirements requested in the "1115 Primary Care Network Demonstration Waiver."
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jan 12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018
ACLU Statement on Lawsuit Filed by the Disability Law Center on Behalf of Institutionalized Utahns with Intellectual Disabilities
On January 12, 2018, the Disability Law Center (DLC) and the law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah against the state of Utah.
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Court Cases:
Disability Law Center v. Utah (2017)
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