Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Today, the Federal Register made available for public inspection a final rule revising the Justice Department's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II and Title III regulations to implement the requirements of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The final rule will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, August 11, 2016, and will take effect on Monday, October 10, 2016, 60 days from publication in the Federal Register.
In response to several Supreme Court decisions that narrowly interpreted the ADA's definition of "disability," Congress passed the ADAAA to ensure that the ADA definition of "disability" would be broadly construed. The ADAAA made a number of significant changes to the meaning and interpretation of the ADA definition of "disability" to ensure that the term would be applied without extensive analysis, so that all individuals with disabilities could receive the law's protections. The final rule ensures that the Department's regulations are consistent with the changes Congress made to the ADA.
A pre-publication copy of the final rule posted by the Federal Register on its public inspection desk can be found today at:https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/08/11/2016-17417/amendment-of-americans-with-disabilities-act-regulations-to-implement-the-americans-with. Once the final rule is published in the Federal Register tomorrow, a copy will be available on the Department's ADA website.
For more information about the ADAAA, please visit the Department's ADA website (www.ada.gov) or call the ADA Information Line: Voice: 1-800-514-0301; TTY: 1-800-514-3083.
Article Credit: U.S. Department of Justice