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and allowing deductions for all work related expenses. The Minnesota Medical Assistslnce law provided &at fmm the gross earned income of a recipient of medical assistancethe first $65.00 plus one half of the remaining gmss earned income would be disregarded. From the remaining income would be subtracted all work related expenses such as all State and Federal taxes, FICA, meals, employee paid insnrance premiu~ns,retirement umtributions, d o l k f directly related work expenses. Fobwing an of the Medical Assistance Program by the Federal Health and Human Services officials, the Minnesota Depmmnt d Human Services were informed that they were not in c m q h m e with Federal law. The Minnesota Department of Hrtman Services went to the Minnesota legislature and informedthem that the d i d Assi$3n~e$WG$f Minnesota needed to be changed * -,.
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The Americans with Disabilities was approved by the Senate July 13th, 1990. The Senate voted 91-6 in favor of the House-Senate conference report. It will now go to the President to be signed. President Bush said he was "delightednwith the bill's a p proval and will sign it. The Senators who voted against the bill (all Republicans) were Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Malcom Wallop of Wyoming, Jake Garn of Utah, Christopher
They could scrap the whole Department ot Rehab sew^,'' Mackey said.
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B o d of M~ssouri, Steve public accommodatians and pyromania. Symms of Idaho and Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshlre. The reasons for voting against the bill were rhe economlc burden placed on businesses, Increased law suits, and extending the coverage to people with AIDS. The bill is the most comprehensive antidiscrimination law to go into effect since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The ADA will bat discrimhatio~ in transportstion, t e l ~ m m ~ o n
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for Minnesota to comply wifb the Federal law, rules nd* a% were related directly to their disability. Consequent regulations. )I, all State a d Federal taxes, FICA, meals, employee paid The Minnesota legislature amended the Minnesota Medi- insurance pmmbms, retirement contributions, and other cal Assistance laws in 1988. The amended laws provided directly related work expenses could no lager be deducted. that from one's gross earned income s h d be RUM "lhW-sota Department of Human M i ,on April 7, work expenses allowed by the Supplemad li%ui&y In- 1989 issued Medical Assistance Wnud letter #82 imcome program. The effective b d the t h e m t s was plementing these amendmeuts. February 1, 1989. The 1989M h e s ~ t legislature a amended one of the MedThese 1988amendmentsadopted the Supplemental Secu- ical Assistance laws again and repealed one of the sther lawg rity Income deductions and had the direct effect of eliminat- which they had Pkeady amended in the 1988legislative se& ing any deductions from earned income for employment- sion. The sole law setting. categorical eligibility requirerelated expenses for disabled individuals, unless those exSpenddown cont. on p. 8
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employment. Within thirty (30) days The act defines a disabili- after enactment, all vehicles ty its a condition that "sub- purshased for public t r w stantially limits" a "major portation, railroad, and light life activity" such as walking rail will have to be .accessior seeing. It covers recover- ble to peqpEe with diwbiliing almholics, dmg users fies. In the next five-'y-d and for the 61% thepeople trains and subways in the with AIDS or people infect- U.S. will have to have at ed with the AIDS virus will least one car that is accessibe covered by federal l e g k - bb. Publicmass tramit syslation to p r o m them h m twm must provide altmiadisc-. Not covered tive transportation for those are other eznothd d i d - who are unable to board ers such as c e v e g a m - buses. . . sb h, g , klGptcmmh and DimbWy orgammtmns
from across Minnesota will join together on August 17, 3 6p.m. at theMinneapolis Convention Center to d e brate the passage of the Americans With D i d i t i w Act, a landmark civil rights di tfht "tfiiut- h& is expected to sign this summer. More than a 1,000 members representing every l d h & gdisability m ~ a tion in the stateare expected for this sensational event. Among the many featured guests attending will bt
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Dav~d ~chw&o~f, re? cently named the Disabled American of the Year; a d Sen. Dave Durenbeqa, a leading advocate of the ADA and disability rights. There will be displays of i n f ~ r m d ~from n bun* of orgad2atlons for the disabled. Spectacular pro refreshments and enten m - a t . Everyone is welcome
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