1. Purposes; definitions (a) Purposes This Act is enacted to further carry out the Congressional intent of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 and the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999) to permit individuals with disabilities and their legal representatives to choose where to live from a full continuum of options— (1) by prohibiting class action lawsuits by federally funded entities unless the residents of ICFs/IID are given notice of the proposed action and an opportunity to opt out; and (2) by permitting such residents and their legal representatives to intervene in such lawsuits. (b) Definitions In this Act, the terms ICF/IID and ICFs/IID refer, respectively, to an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. 2. Protecting the interests of each resident of an ICF/IID in class action lawsuits involving such resident (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no entity that receives funds from the Federal Government may use such funds to file a class action lawsuit involving the residents of an ICF/IID unless the resident (or, if there is a legal representative of the resident, such legal representative), after receiving notice of the proposed class action lawsuit, has the opportunity to elect not to have the action apply to the resident. (b) Notices