| MPLP eNewsletter | Issue 17 Autumn 2002 |
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MPLP INDEX The Search for Community Based Care: Tips on Seeking Services for Seniors by Alison Hirschel Services available from or by referral from the Area Agencies on Aging; FIA programs; and home health care services under Medicare Part A and B. CMS Issues Final Rules for Limited New Drug Discount Program by Alison Hirschel Medicare will approve and publicize certain private discount programs, but the savings are expected to be limited, and far short of the assistance consumers hoped to receive. HHS Creates a More Flexible Definition of "Homebound" for Beneficiaries Seeking Home Health Care by Alison Hirschel New directives provide important support for applying the definition flexibly and reasonably. Tragedy Strikes in Both Licensed & Unlicensed Assisted Living Facilities by Alison Hirschel Romulus worker charged with involuntary manslaughter; five Mt. Morris township residents die in boarding house fire. Senate Considers Wide-Ranging Elder Justice Bill by Alison Hirschel Bill focuses resources on neglect, abuse, and exploitation of the elderly in institutional and community settings. Court of Appeals Rules that Statute of Frauds Bars Claim Against Nursing Home for Poor Care by Alison Hirschel In Johnson v. Villa Elizabeth, the court held that the statute barred a contract claim, brought on behalf of a resident who had died, because the facility failed to sign the admission agreement. |
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Michigan
Supreme Court Grants Leave in DeRose by Lynelle
Morgan |
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H O U S I N G L A W Low Income Web-Site of the Quarter And this quarter's site is..... The Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities (www.cbpp.org).
The Some Section 8 Voucher Tenants' Rent Payments May Be Too High by Jim Schaafsma Tenants may be paying too much if the PHA imposes a minimum rent requirement but doesn't credit the rent the tenant has paid above the payment standard. Summary of the Millennial Housing Commission Report by Jim Schaafsma Charged by Congress with examining the state of affordable housing, the Millennial Housing Commission issued a report presenting a new vision for the nation's housing. Legislative Update HR 3995, the "omnibus" housing legislation introduced in the US House earlier this year, is not likely to reach a floor vote. |
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Appeals
Court Holds Confinement Costs Can't Be Split |
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Open
Source & the Legal Services Community by Matt
Filizzi Clinic Litigation
Update by Tana
Lin, MPLP-Clinic
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