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The Arc Maryland has filed a lawsuit against six jurisdictions it claims barred people with disabilities from accessing the COVID-19 vaccine. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
A nonprofit organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Maryland has filed a lawsuit against six jurisdictions it claims barred people with these disabilities from accessing the COVID-19 vaccine.
The lawsuit claims that these six jurisdictions Carroll, Garrett, Queen Anne’s, Somerset and Talbot counties, as well as the city of Baltimore failed to list people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as members of priority group 1B on their websites and, in doing so, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Dec 17, 2020
The Maryland Board of Public Works â from left, Treasurer Nancy Kopp, Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot â shown in a March 2020 photo, is scheduled to consider state budget cuts Wednesday in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Associated Press
CUMBERLAND â After Allegany and Garrett counties were left out of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed throughout the state due to an apparent miscommunication, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot brought up the subject during Wednesdayâs Board of Public Works virtual meeting.
It was announced that hospitals in Allegany and Garrett County would be receiving doses of the Moderna vaccine as part of phase 1A and the initial federal allocation of the stateâs vaccine distribution program.