The settlement agreement will provide relief to more than 5,000 people by expanding community services and supports, including Medicaid-funded home and community-based waivers, crisis services, housing and employment supports and by establishing a comprehensive quality management system.

The ADA has been the subject of much case law and has been amended since its adoption in 1990 [JURIST report]. In May, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official website] ruled that an employee with a claim under the ADA does not need to show that his or her disability was the sole reason he or she was fired, only that the disability was a "but-for" cause of the termination. In 2008 the US Congress amended the act [JURIST report] to make it easier for employees to bring a claim under the law, closing gaps that could have denied protection to employees with certain disabilities. At that time, Congress said the amendments were necessary to remedy the US Supreme Court's restrictive interpretation of the law in Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Inc. v. Williams [opinion text] in 2002. The Supreme Court also ruled in 2006 that states have no immunity [JURIST report] under the ADA and must comply with its standards.