National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
(NASMHPD)
and
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
Legal Divisions Joint Meeting 2014
November 11-12, 2014
Westin Hotel
400 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
AGENDA
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast/Registration
(Edison Salon ABC)
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Tim Bray, J.D., Vice-Chairperson, NASMHPD Legal Division
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. National Litigation Trends
Presenters: Phil Peisch, J.D.
Caroline Brown, J.D.
Covington and Burling, LLP
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. USDOJ Current Trends in Olmstead Enforcement
Moderator: Allyson Tysinger, J.D.
Virginia
Presenters: Mary Bohan, J.D.
Deputy Chief
Special Litigation Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Sheila Foran, J.D.
Special Legal Counsel
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon Reactor Panel – Discussion of Morning Sessions
Moderator: Allyson Tysinger, J.D.
Virginia
Panelists: NASMHPD & NASDDDS Representatives
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. Networking Luncheon
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Washington Updates (Federal and State)
Presenters: Barbara Brent (Moderator)
NASDDDS
Stuart Yael Gordon
NASMHPD
Dan Berland
NASDDDS
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Developing Legal Issues: State Reports and Round-Table Discussions
Topics Include: Olmstead and CRIPA Cases, Federal Healthcare Reform Efforts, Protection & Advocacy Trends, Children’s MH and Juvenile Justice Systems, EPSDT, Technology Use in Residential Settings
******************************************************************************
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
(Wright Room)
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. NASMHPD Legal Division Business
Meeting (NASDDDS Attorneys Invited)
Presiding: Tim Bray, J.D.
Vice-Chairperson, NASMHPD Legal Division
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Protection and Advocacy Organizations: National
Issues and Trends
Presenter: Curtis L. Decker, J.D.
Executive Director
National Disability Rights Network
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. HHS Office for Civil Rights: Privacy Issues
Presenters: Sherri Morgan, J.D., M.S.W.
Health Information Privacy Specialist
HHS Office for Civil Rights
Marissa Gordon-Nguyen, J.D., M.P.H.
Health Information Privacy Specialist
HHS Office for Civil Rights
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with NASDDDS’s State Directors
(Edison Salon ABC)
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Advocacy Update: A Dialogue with the Bazelon Center
(Wright Room)
Presenter: Alison Barkoff, J.D.
Director of Advocacy
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
3:00 p.m. Conference Adjourns
3