U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Policy Issues Affecting the Medicaid Personal Care Services Optional Benefit
Executive Summary
Simi Litval, Ph.D., and Jae Kennedy, M.A.
World Institute on Disability Research and Training Center on Public Policy in Independent Living
December 1991
One need only glance at the dramatic changes in our country during the last hundred years to understand why the relationship between organizational record keeping and personal privacy has become an issue in almost all modern societies. The records of a hundred years ago tell little about the average American, except when he died, perhaps when and
1. Inclusion of statutory rape in reporting requirements
Mandated reporters are required to report all instances where they suspect that a child has been a victim of abuse. [549] The definition of abuse makes specific reference to offenses in the penal code, including those listed in the previous section. However, the definition only applies
An individual is deemed incapable of consent when he or she is less than 17 years of age. [53 0] Individuals are exempt from prosecution for rape or criminal sexual acts under the following circumstances:
In Louisiana, an individual can legally consent to sexual intercourse when he or she is 17 years of age. [330] Sexual intercourse with a child less than 13 years of age is illegal regardless of the age of the defendant. In cases where the victim is at least 15 years of age and less than 17 years of age, the defendant must be no more than 2 years
An individual is deemed incapable of consent when he or she is less than 16 years of age. [308] Individuals are exempt from prosecution for rape (a felony) under the following circumstances:
1. Inclusion of statutory rape in reporting requirements
Mandated reporters are required to report all instances where they suspect that a child has been injured as a result of sexual abuse. [303] The definition of sexual abuse makes specific reference to section of the Kansas Statutes that contains the offenses listed in the previous section
Welfare reform is often seen as a tool that can be used to do much more than raise earnings and reduce dependence on government assistance. FSA, for example, sought to bring about a sea change in people's attitudes toward welfare receipt. Some policymakers believe that reducing welfare use will have positive spillover effects on poor families, suc
The experiences of the control group members in the NEWWS sites set the standard against which the program groups' experiences were measured (for the programs' impacts, see the next sections). Through examination of control group outcomes, the following portrait of the characteristics, attitudes, and behavior of welfare recipients who are not subj
Over the past three decades, federal and state policymakers have created a variety of programs with the common goal of moving people from welfare to work. How to go about increasing employment among welfare recipients, however, has long been debated. By laying out the lessons learned from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (
Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Mary McGinn-Shapiro, MPP, Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MS, and Trini Thach, BS RTI International
Diane Justice, MA, Scott Holladay, MPA, and Kimm Mooney, BA National Academy for State Health Policy
Mary Sowers, BA National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services
August 2015