  The METO Settlement  Shamus O'Meara: Rule 40  Click the CC
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agreement also requires a vetting and recommended changes to
the... a rule—they call it Rule 40—in state government that has
all sorts of different protections and protocols for people with
developmental disabilities. Some of those are outdated. Some of
them have been used inconsistently. Some of them were at issue
in the METO case.  The state, the settlement class, the
individual that were sued, all agreed that it's an appropriate
time to address Rule 40 to ensure that it is tracking with
current guidelines for the care and treatment of people with
developmental disabilities, that it's consistent with the
protections that are afforded them, and that it's not being
construed and utilized in an outdated manner.  And so that Rule
40 Committee is a pretty big component of what's taking place
here, because it will help set up a structure under which these
positive changes that we are agreeing on