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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Stephen Simpson and Zach Despart

Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules

An employee of the Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center walks with a resident on April 1, 2021.
An employee of the Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center walks with a resident on April 1, 2021. (Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune)

Texas has been violating federal law for decades by sequestering individuals with severe disabilities in poorly run nursing homes without offering them alternative living options and services in the community, a federal judge has ruled.

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