Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Honor/Victim
Date Enacted:
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Short Title:
"Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act"
Classification:
42 USC 1305 (note)
PL:
109-171, Title VI, subtitle A, chapter 6, subtitle A
Statute At Large:
120 Stat 96
Named For?:
Dylan Lee James of Mesquite, TX (introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions), boy born with Down Syndrome and a severe heart condition who died in 2000.
Link/Source:
http://www.petesessions.com/downsyndrome.htm; "Medicaid to expand its coverage," The Daily News, Feb. 9, 2001 at A3 (Galveston) (on file).
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title: may be cited as either the "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act"