May 2012

5/31/12

New Job Opening Posted Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, appeals court rules Psychiatric Patients Languish In Emergency Rooms New study shows curbs on abusive loans to military work but more is needed Empire Justice Testimony at the NYS Senate Democratic Conference Domestic Violence Forum The Flame: Questions and Answers

5/30/12

Are prepaid credit cards helping or hurting consumers? USDA Proposed Rule: SNAP Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations Feds Delay ADA Pool Lift Rules Again NY Times: U.S. Winds Down Longer Benefits for the Unemployed State Bar Association Joins Coalition In Supporting Simplification of New York’s Court System

5/29/12

Media Release for Court Simplification The Medicaid Buy-In for Working People With Disabilities (MBI-WPD) CLASP: House Farm Bill Must Protect Nutrition Assistance

5/25/12

Tutorial on Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibles High Court rules on loan discount fee 12-OCFS-ADM-05: Protective Services for Adults States Encounter Obstacles Moving Elderly And Disabled Into Community Income and Resource Limits for New York State Public Health Insurance Programs (Updated)

5/24/12

HRA Materials Updated NY Times: Individual Health Policies Fall Short, a Study Finds Grandparents Need More State Help to Raise Kids Peter Edelman on Holes in the Safety Net Panel Is Tasked to Suggest Ways to Enact NY Pro Bono Requirement

5/23/12

New Job Opening Posted The Credit CARD Act: It’s Working State Tax Systems Can Be Important Part of Safety Net US prison inmates returning to society: How will they be received? CBPP: Senate Funding Bill Improves on President’s Budget Request for Rental Assistance

5/22/12

D-SNAP Guidance Handbook and Toolkit Returning to Work After Prison Holocaust or Nazi Victim Reparations — Effect on Medicaid, SSI and other Federally Funded and New York State Benefits (Updated) Empire Justice Memo of Support: Provide Victims of Domestic Violence with Improved Access to Health Insurance-Related Confidentiality Protections

5/21/12

2012 HRA Workers Guide to Codes NY Times: A User’s Guide to Finding Storage Space in the Cloud City Bar Calls for Tight Restrictions on Debt Settlement Services Justice Unsettled: How the Foreclosure Shadow Docket & Discontinuances Prevent New Yorkers from Saving Their Homes