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The RBF/ACLU of Illinois and other advocacy organizations filed a third lawsuit against the State of Illinois for violation of the Americans with Disability Act, the Rehabilitation Act and Medicaid for unnecessary institution of persons with physical disabilities.
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The case alleges that Illinois unnecessarily and illegally confines those with physical disabilities to nursing homes as a prerequisite to receiving necessary services.
Like the other two cases, Williams and Ligas, the lawsuit seeks to compel the state to change its historic bias toward treatment in institutions and its failure to develop or allow sufficient treatment options in community settings. In September 2008, the Court certified the suit as a class action and class-wide discovery began. More recently, discovery was suspended while the parties engaged in settlement negotiations .
