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U.S. Senator Bob Casey plans to introduce two bills meant to reduce police interactions with people with disabilities or mental health issues.
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The announcement, which effectively reverses a Trump-era rule, springs from last summer's landmark Supreme Court decision banning employment discrimination against LGBTQ people.
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