CHAIR:

EVENTS

Lawrence D. Adashek
8 Reservoir Cir, Ste 104
Pikesville, MD 21208
P: (410) 415-5880
F: (443) 660-9097
E: larry@adasheklaw.com

Section Dues: $15 per year

DOCUMENTS

ALJ Cases - DHMH, OAH Decisions, Medicaid

Elder Law Newsletter:
Summer 2013: Vol 17, Issue 3

2011/2012 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Section continued to monitor regulations and laws affecting the rights of elder citizens, while expanding its scope into areas affecting people with disabilities, regardless of age. It sponsored a special needs study group to examine various ways to assist disabled people with applications for social security supplemental income and disability income in addition to medical assistance. The Section hosted apresentation by Paul Ballard on the new MOLST form and its implementation for Section members in November; held a joint meeting with the Maryland chapter of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys and met with members of the legislature to discuss pending legislation of interest to the Section in February in Annapolis; and held a joint meeting with the Health Law Section on “Accountable Care Organizations” in March. It continued to provide continuing education, working through MSBA, and sponsored its annual statewide legal clinic on Law Day.

NEWS & DOCUMENTS:

• MR-159: New Medicaid Transfer Penalty Rules (Not Yet Published on State Medicaid Manual Website but currently effective nevertheless)
• Pending Legislation - March 2013
• SNT Attorney Review Checklist - April 2010
  
• Brown v. DHMH
  Opinion from the Court of Appeals
• Karsenty vs. Schoukroun opinion
  
• Uniform Trust Code
  Last Revised or Amended in 2005
  (with changes recommended by Section Council of MSBA Estate and Trust Law Section)
• Nursing Home Transmittal
  MD. Dep't of Health and Mental Hygiene
  
• Mental Hygiene v. Brown
  MD. Dep't of Health and Mental Hygiene v. Brown, 177 Md. App. 440 (2007)

Members may join the following committees by contacting the chairperson listed above.

1. Legislative
2. Publications
3. Website
4. CLE
5. Section Meetings
6. Long Term Care Medicaid Denial Program
7. Annual Meeting Planning Committee

PURPOSE:

The purposes of the Elder Law Section are To bring together members of the Maryland State Bar Association interested in Elder Law; To promote the continuing legal education of the bar in Elder Law; To sponsor Elder Law publications for the benefit of the bar and the public; To work on a cooperative basis to improve the law and promote the interest of the public and the members of the bar in Elder Law; and To promote the delivery of free or reduced fee legal services to the low income elderly.

SECTION INFORMATION:

Section dues are $15.00 annually.

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