Legal Opinion
Application of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act to State Institutionalization of Patients with Severe Mental Illness or Disabilities
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided June 18, 2026Published
1Opinion of the Court
(Slip Opinion) Application of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act to State Institutionalization of Patients with Severe Mental Illness or Disabilities In prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, neither section 504 of the Rehabili- tation Act nor Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) imposed an inte- gration mandate on states in their treatment of mentally disabled individuals. Nor does either statute authorize the responsible Executive Branch agencies to impose such a mandate. A statutory mandate that states treat mentally disabled…
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