Andrew and Nate are here to share the legislative updates. Check out our latest Policy Corner to learn more about bills the DLC is following! And remember, as we learned from @ParisHilton, #LegislationIsHot youtu.be/bdyERTkZw7g?si=OT9A…

You should really watch all of this incredibly detailed reporting on many of the problems we've seen in long term care for the past decade. There is work to be done, but stories like these shining a light on the problem are so helpful. Grateful to Taylor & @fox13 for this effort.

'More psych than we can handle': Utah nursing homes struggle to address residents' mental health needs fox13now.com/news/fox-13-inv…

Couldn't agree more! #LegislationIsHot 🔥

National Homelessness Law Center launches campaign to urge no federal dollars be spent on Utah’s 1,300-bed homeless campus proposal utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01…

UPDATE: SJR 7 has been pulled from the agenda for tomorrow. Will provide more updates as we get them.

This bill is in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee tomorrow at 2pm! Please reach out to committee members and tell them to vote no on SJR 7 and protect the Disability Law Center!

SJR 7 seeks to remove our designation as the Protection and Advocacy Agency for Utah. Here is how you can help support the DLC: disabilitylawcenter.org/gene…

Reminder, this webinar is today at 2:30 PM, Mountain Standard Time. The filter has the time zone for the east cost. In addition to two members of Congress the webinar will also include @RepAngelaRomero, Evan Done from @myUSARA and Nate Crippes of @DLCofUT

Check out our latest blog post to learn more about how artificial intelligence is shaping decisions about Medicaid and healthcare services and what’s at risk for people with disabilities as the federal government cracks down on states’ ability to regulate AI: bazelon.org/ai-regulation-is…

🚨BREAKING: the White House announced at 4:45pm ET signing ceremony today for what we expect to be the executive order on AI preemption. For those not in the loop: the order would block states from adopting their own AI safeguards and centralize all regulatory authority at the federal level. This would create real risks for people with disabilities, as states have been the first movers on addressing algorithmic bias in healthcare and public benefits; preempting them leaves people with disabilities with fewer avenues for recourse when automated systems get it wrong.

FOX 13 Investigates: How a Utah guardianship company evicted a family from their homes fox13now.com/news/fox-13-inv…

A lack of community-based services for those w/ SMI, & no State plan to expand them, means forced treatment/institutionalization is the long-term proposed solution, returning us to the age of warehousing people w/ disabilities in segregated settings. That is not compassion.

A federal judge has ruled that the White House must provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation during official press briefings, affirming that access to public information is a right. Accessibility is essential to democracy. ♿ 🔗 news.bgov.com/litigation/whi…

Not knowing how you will feed your kids next week is very scary! Join us and @UAgainstHunger outside the federal building today at 4:30 PM as we challenge Utah's representatives in Congress to do more to make sure SNAP benefits are issued next month!

There's nothing special or novel about institutionalizing/forced treatment of people w/ disabilities. It's not about hope or healing. It's another example of Utah choosing to fund institutions over community-based services/not support self-determination of Utahns w/ disabilities.

Multiple states are cutting their #Medicaid programs even before the brunt of a new federal law takes effect, raising fears that access to care will become more limited for people with #disabilities. disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/… disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/…