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Judge rules Texas has been illegally placing people with severe disabilities in nursing homes for decades

www.tpr.org Judge rules Texas has been illegally placing people with severe disabilities in nursing homes for decades

A federal judge in San Antonio has ruled that the state of Texas for decades unnecessarily institutionalized 4,500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nursing home facilities, denying them appropriate services that are required under federal law.

Judge rules Texas has been illegally placing people with severe disabilities in nursing homes for decades
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