Justice Department Reaches Settlement Agreement with the National Museum of Crime and Punishment 01/13/2015 The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement with the National Museum of Crime and Punishment (Crime Museum). The museum is devoted to exploring the history of crime, law enforcement, forensic science, and crime scene investigation. The agreement resolves the Departments allegations that the museum is not accessible as required by the Americans with Disabiliites Act (ADA) because some of its programs, exhibits, and facilities are not accessible to people with disabilities, including individuals who are blind or have low vision or are deaf or hard of hearing, and individuals who have disabilities affecting manual dexterity. Under the agreement, the Crime Museum will adopt measures to ensure that users with disabilities are able to fully and equally enjoy all of its programs, exhibits, and facilities by taking measures such as providing staff assistance or pre-recorded audio description of program and exhibit information for patrons who are blind or have low vision, providing a printed coy of program information not available in print, for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing, ensuring that its website conforms to the Level AA Success Criteria and Conformance Requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level AA, and removing physical barriers such as protruding objects, inaccessible routes, and restroom barriers. To find out more about this settlement agreement or the ADA, call the Justice Departments toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TDD), or access its ADA website at ada.gov/ Justice Department Settles with Ohio Healthcare System over HIV Discrimination 01/15/2015 The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, the Department has reached a settlement with Genesis Healthcare System (Genesis) in Ohio to resolve claims that Genesis discriminated against a woman with HIV in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following an investigation, the Department found that Genesis discriminated against a woman with HIV when one of its primary care physicians refused to accept her as a new patient because of her HIV, despite the fact that she was only seeking a general practitioner for medical care unrelated to HIV. The Departments investigation revealed that it was this doctors practice to refer any patients with HIV seeking a primary care physician to an HIV specialist. Under the settlement, Genesis must may $25,000.00 to the victim of discrimination, and $9,000.00 as a civil penalty. In addition, it must train its staff on the ADA, develop and implement a non-discrimination policy, and report to the Department every time a person with HIV (or who is suspected of having HIV) is denied or discharged as a patient, with a written justification for the decision. For more information on the ADA, HIV discrimination, and this settlement visit ada.gov/aids, or call the Justice Department’s toll-free ADA information line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TDD). For more information on the Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative visit ada.gov/usao-agreements.htm. Twitter icon Follow The Department of Justice on Twitter. | FaceBook icon Like The Department of Justice on Facebook. You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the U.S. Department of Justice website. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW · Washington, DC 20530 · 202-514-2000 and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. Manage your Subscriptions | Department of Justice Privacy Policy | GovDelivery Privacy Policy
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