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The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment: Are Protection and Advisory Councils Fulfilling Their Mission?

Mad in America

History of P&As and PAIMI Funding The Protection and Advocacy system was established federally in the 1970s to create state-level organizations with special investigative and legal powers to uphold the rights of people with physical or intellectual disabilities. higher court rulings. How common across the country is this still today?