Atlanta Business Chronicle
October 19, 2010
The U.S. Justice Department and Georgia reached a settlement Tuesday to a suit filed over the Peach State’s treatment of people in its mental health and developmental disability system.
The lawsuit alleged Georgia segregated people with mental illness and developmental disabilities in state psychiatric hospitals in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
In 2007, DOJ found preventable deaths suicides, and assaults occurred with alarming frequency in the hospitals. In 2009, DOJ reached a settlement agreement with Georgia over conditions in the hospitals. Further investigation found the state also failed to serve people with mental illness and developmental disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, DOJ said.
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