State Of MN Apologizes For Treatment Of Those With Disabilities

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During the final days of the 2010 session, legislation publicly apologizing for the state’s past treatment of people with disabilities was adopted.

House File 1680/Senate File 1135 passed both the House and Senate without opposition and today was signed into law by the governor.

State Sen. John Marty, author of the legislation, said that after 13 years of pushing for its passage, it is time for the state to acknowledge that terrible injustices were done to tens of thousands of Minnesotans who were punished for having mental illnesses or developmental and other disabilities.
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