FALL 2009 CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION 

     Deborah Green, Chairperson, would like you to mark your calendars now to schedule your attendance at the Texas NAELA conference.  We all benefit from the participation of our members in these conferences, the more the better.  So please plan now to come.

     The 2009 Fall Conference and Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys will be held on Saturday, September 12th in Austin at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark .

     More information about the conference agenda, registration and hotel reservations will be posted as they become available.

The Court has issued its decision in the first known Judicial Review case under HB 75 enacted in the 2007 legislative session thanks to the great efforts of members of the Texas Chapter of NAELA.  

President W.  Bailey Barton successfully represented the Applicant in Estate of James W. Seffer, Amy Smith, Executor v. Texas Health and Human Services Commission.  The essential question was whether or not an applicant must have "prior" residence in a "home" for it to be an exempt resource under Medicaid law. 

Members may access two pdf files containing the briefs and ruling plus the briefs and ruling on the request for rehearing by logging in, clicking on News in the vertical menu to the left and then on Latest News.

If you have any other judicial review decisions, please contact the Website Chairman, Mark R. Ensign, at \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to arrange for posting of the decision so our Chapter Members will have access to these otherwise unreported decisions.  We would also like to post the briefs submitted in the case.  If you have any updates on any posted cases, please submit them as well.