The Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
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Providing information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes that will lead to increased independence, productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion (IPSII) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act)

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Archival DD Act Regulations (1977-2000)

Federal Register

Year  Document Title/Description File Name
1977 Development Disabilities Program: Regulations on Grants to States, Nonprofit Agencies, Colleges and Other Organizations – Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Human Development 77-HEW-FEDREG
1980 Development Disabilities Program: Proposed Rules 45 CFR Parts 1385 1386 and 1387 – Department of Health, Education and Welfare 80-HEW-FEDREG
1984 Development Disabilities Program: Final Rule 45 CFR Parts 1385 1386 and 1387 – Dept. of Health and Human Services 84-HHS-FEDREG
1987 Development Disabilities Program: Final Rule 45 CFR Parts 1385 1386 1387 and 1388 – Dept. of Health and Human Services 87-HHS-FEDREG
1989 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Developmental Disabilities Program – Dept. Health and Human Services 89-HHS-FEDREG
1995 Development Disabilities Program: Proposed Rule 45 CFR Part 1385 et al – Dept. Health and Human Services 95-HHS-FEDREG
1996 ADD Legislation and Final Rules 96-ADD-LEGFINALRULES
2015 Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 Final Rule, issued July 27, 2015, effective August 26, 2015  2015-18070.pdf

Supplements

Year  Document Title/Description File Name
1990 DD Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, Legislative History of the Act 90-DDA-LEGLISLATIVEHISTORY
1992 Memo from Ed Preneta Regarding Opposition to Changing from "Developmental Disabilities" to "Disabilities" 1992-OPPOSITIONMEMO-PRENETA
1994 Changes to DD Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments 1994 1994-DDA-CHANGES
2000 DD Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, PL 106-402 2000-DDA-106THCONGRESS

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The GCDD is funded under the provisions of P.L. 106-402. The federal law also provides funding to the Minnesota Disability Law Center, the state Protection and Advocacy System, and to the Institute on Community Integration, the state University Center for Excellence. The Minnesota network of programs works to increase the IPSII of people with developmental disabilities and families into community life.

This project was supported, in part by grant number 2401MNSCDD, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

This website is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,152,808.00 funded by ACL/HHS and $222,000.00 funded by non-federal-government source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.